Let denote the intersection of the altitudes and of an acute triangle . Let and denote the midpoints of the sides and respectively. The rays and intersect the circumcircle of at points and respectively. If the circumcircles of the triangles and intersect again at and , show that the points lie on a common circle.
(Batzaya G.)
Solution
Let denote the center of the circumcircle and denote , and . Let . First we show that .

Indeed, let . Since is the midpoint of , the centroid of the triangle is the point on satisfying . By Euler's theorem, is also the centroid of the triangle . It follows that is a parallelogram and thus . Now using the fact that , and are circumscribed, we compute
Similarly, using the fact that , and are circumscribed, we compute
It follows that , hence is circumscribed.
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