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Geometry Difficulty 6.4 National Olympiad Prove it Saudi Arabia

Let ABCABC be a non-isosceles triangle with centroid GG and inscribed in circle (O)(O). Let M,N,PM, N, P be the midpoints of BC,CA,ABBC, CA, AB respectively. Let D,E,FD, E, F be the reflection points of the foot of the internal bisector of angles A,B,CA, B, C through M,N,PM, N, P respectively. Prove that the orthocenter of triangle DEFDEF lies on line OGOG.

Solution

Suppose EFEF intersects BCBC at D′D'. Let (ωA)(\omega_A) be the circle with diameter DD′DD'. By the angle bisector theorem, one can get
DBDC=ACAB,ECEA=ABBC,FAFB=BCCA. \frac{DB}{DC} = \frac{AC}{AB}, \quad \frac{EC}{EA} = \frac{AB}{BC}, \quad \frac{FA}{FB} = \frac{BC}{CA}.
Based on Ceva's theorem, AD,BE,CFAD, BE, CF are concurrent and (DD′,BC)=−1(DD', BC) = -1. If AU,AVAU, AV are the internal, external angle bisectors of triangle ABCABC, then (UV,BC)=−1(UV, BC) = -1. Through the reflection over the center MM, then (DV′,CB)=−1(DV', CB) = -1 with V′V' being the symmetric point to VV through MM. From there, D′≡V′D' \equiv V' so (ωA)(\omega_A) is the reflection of the AA-Apollonius circle through the perpendicular bisector of BCBC.

Suppose that AA-Apollonius circle intersects (O)(O) at KK then KBKC=ABAC\frac{KB}{KC} = \frac{AB}{AC} so ABKCABKC is harmonic, entailing AKAK is the symmetric line of triangle ABCABC. Therefore, (ωA)(\omega_A) intersects (O)(O) at A′,RA', R will be the points symmetric to A,KA, K through the perpendicular bisector BCBC. Therefore, KR∥BCKR \parallel BC so AK,ARAK, AR are isogonal in angle AA, which implies that ARAR is the median of triangle ABCABC or R∈AMR \in AM. Suppose ARAR intersects (ωA)(\omega_A) at SS, then by the property of power of a point and Newton's formula, we have
MR‾⋅MS‾=MD‾⋅MD′‾=MB2=−MB‾⋅MC‾=−MR‾⋅MA‾. \overline{MR} \cdot \overline{MS} = \overline{MD} \cdot \overline{MD'} = MB^2 = -\overline{MB} \cdot \overline{MC} = -\overline{MR} \cdot \overline{MA}.
From there, we deduce MS‾=−MA‾\overline{MS} = -\overline{MA} or MM is the midpoint of ASAS. Here we have
PG/(O)PG/(ωA)=GR‾⋅GA‾GR‾⋅GS‾=GA‾GS‾=2/3⋅MA‾4/3⋅MS‾=−12. \frac{\mathcal{P}_{G/(O)}}{\mathcal{P}_{G/(\omega_A)}} = \frac{\overline{GR} \cdot \overline{GA}}{\overline{GR} \cdot \overline{GS}} = \frac{\overline{GA}}{\overline{GS}} = \frac{2/3 \cdot \overline{MA}}{4/3 \cdot \overline{MS}} = -\frac{1}{2}.
Therefore PG/(ωA)=−2PG/(O)\mathcal{P}_{G/(\omega_A)} = -2\mathcal{P}_{G/(O)} is equal between vertices A,B,CA, B, C. Therefore we have GG has the same power to the three circles (ωA),(ωB),(ωC)(\omega_A), (\omega_B), (\omega_C).

On the other hand, OAOA is tangent to the Apollonius circle at vertex AA so OA′OA' is tangent to (ωA)(\omega_A). From there we have
PO/(ωA)=OA′2=R2 \mathcal{P}_{O/(\omega_A)} = OA'^2 = R^2
with RR being the radius of (O)(O). Also because of this symmetry, GG has the same power to the three circles (ωA),(ωB),(ωC)(\omega_A), (\omega_B), (\omega_C). Let XX be the projection of DD onto EFEF then X∈DHX \in DH and X∈(ωA)X \in (\omega_A). Then, PH/(ωA)=HX‾⋅HD‾\mathcal{P}_{H/(\omega_A)} = \overline{HX} \cdot \overline{HD}. Obviously, this quantity is also symmetric between the vertices D,E,FD, E, F in triangle DEFDEF, so HH also has the same power to the three circles (ωA),(ωB),(ωC)(\omega_A), (\omega_B), (\omega_C). From that we immediately have H∈OGH \in OG.

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