Consider a parallelogram and the points on the side and and on the diagonal , such that and .
Prove that if and are perpendicular, then is a rectangle.
Solution
Solution.
Construct the parallel to through and denote by its intersection with the line .

Using the fundamental theorem of similarity in the triangle :
From here we obtain and, since , it follows that is a parallelogram, so .
Given that , it follows that .
In the triangle , and are the lines supporting the altitudes, so the point is the orthocenter.
Therefore and, since , it follows that , thus is a rectangle.
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