10.7 Let the excircle of triangle opposite to vertex touch side at point . Draw a line through point parallel to the angle bisector of , and similarly draw lines and . Prove: The lines , , and intersect at the same point.
Solution
10.7 As shown in Figure 4, let the incircle of touch its sides at points . Draw a line through parallel to the angle bisector of . Since is an isosceles triangle, the angle bisector of is perpendicular to , thus , meaning passes through the altitude of on side .
As shown in Figure 5, let the midpoints of the sides of be . Since is similar to with a similarity ratio of , the angle bisector of is parallel to the angle bisector of . Let the incenter of be .
It is well known that point is equidistant from point and the midpoint of side (the same property holds for point with point , and point with point ).
Perform a symmetry transformation about point . In this transformation, line becomes line . Thus, under this transformation, the altitudes of are transformed to lines , respectively, so these three lines intersect at a single point, which is the reflection of the orthocenter of about .