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Geometry Difficulty 7.6 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Hong Kong

Let ABCDABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral. Show that the orthocentres of the triangles ABC\triangle ABC, BCD\triangle BCD, CDA\triangle CDA and DAB\triangle DAB are the vertices of a quadrilateral congruent to ABCDABCD and show that the centroids of the same triangles are the vertices of a cyclic quadrilateral.

Solution

Let OO be the centre of (ABCD)(ABCD). Let HA,HB,HC,HDH_A, H_B, H_C, H_D and GA,GB,GC,GDG_A, G_B, G_C, G_D be the orthocentres and centroids of DAB\triangle DAB, ABC\triangle ABC, BCD\triangle BCD and CDA\triangle CDA respectively. Let MM be the midpoint of ABAB. Recall that OO lies on HAGAH_A G_A, etc., with OGA:GAHA=1:2OG_A : G_A H_A = 1 : 2. Also, we have DGA:GAM=2:1=CGB:GBMDG_A : G_A M = 2 : 1 = CG_B : G_B M. From these, we know that HAHBGAGBDCH_A H_B \parallel G_A G_B \parallel DC, and
HAHB=3GAGB=CD. H_A H_B = 3 G_A G_B = CD.
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By symmetry, we have HBHC=DAH_B H_C = DA, HCHD=ABH_C H_D = AB, HDHA=BCH_D H_A = BC, HAHC=CAH_A H_C = CA and HBHD=DBH_B H_D = DB. Thus, HAHBHCHDH_A H_B H_C H_D is congruent to CDABCDAB. It follows

that HAHBHCHDH_A H_B H_C H_D is concyclic. Now, note that GAGBGCGDG_A G_B G_C G_D is the image of HAHBHCHDH_A H_B H_C H_D under the homothety with centre OO and ratio 13\frac{1}{3}. Therefore, GAGBGCGDG_A G_B G_C G_D is cyclic.

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