Let be an acute triangle with is the midpoint of and , . On ray , take the point such that . Prove that and the orthocenters and circumcenters of two triangles , form the four vertices of an isosceles trapezoid.
, 2023
Solution
On , take the point such that . Then, . According to the sine theorem then
so , which implies that so
Also, so triangle is isosceles, with so equilateral. Therefore .

Let be the centers of the circumcircles of triangles and respectively their orthocenters. We have a familiar result: triangle has circumradius and orthocenter then . Applying to this problem, notice that two triangles and have the same radius of circumcircle , so
Therefore, four points are on the same circle with center . Next, denote as the internal bisector of , then are symmetric through . And so we have . Similarly so . From this it follows that is an isosceles trapezoid.
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