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Geometry Difficulty 6.1 National olympiad Prove it

Problem 9.7. Let ABCA B C be an acute-angled triangle with AB>ACA B>A C. The point FF, located on side (BC)(BC), is the foot of the altitude drawn from vertex AA, and HH is the orthocenter of triangle ABCA B C. On the ray (BC(BC a point DD is taken such that C(BD)C \in(B D). The circumcircle of triangle DFHDFH intersects segment (AD)(A D) at point NN such that point NN also belongs to the circumcircle of triangle ABCA B C. Prove that the line NHN H passes through the midpoint of side (BC)(B C).

Solution

Solution. Since m(DFH)=90DHm(\angle D F H)=90^{\circ} \Rightarrow D H is the diameter of the circumcircle of triangle DFHD F H. The circumcircle of triangle DFHD F H intersects the segment (AD)(A D) at point NN, therefore, m(DNH)=90=m(ANH)m(\angle D N H)=90^{\circ}=m(\angle A N H). From here we obtain that line NHN H is perpendicular to line ADA D. Let KK be the foot of the altitude from vertex CC, and EE be the foot of the altitude from vertex BB. It follows that quadrilateral AEHKA E H K is inscribed in the circle with diameter AHA H. From here we obtain that m(EHK)=180m(A)=m(BHC)m(\angle E H K)=180^{\circ}-m(\angle A)=m(\angle B H C). Since m(ANH)=90m(\angle A N H)=90^{\circ} and AB>ACA B>A C, it follows that point NN is the point where the circumcircle of triangle ABCA B C intersects the circumcircle of quadrilateral

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AEHKA E H K. Let PP be the point where line NHN H intersects the circumcircle of triangle ABCA B C. Then we obtain that m(BPC)=180m(A)=m(BHC)m(\angle B P C)=180^{\circ}-m(\angle A)=m(\angle B H C). Since m(ANP)=90m(\angle A N P)=90^{\circ}, it follows that segment APA P is the diameter of the circumcircle of triangle ABCA B C. From here we obtain that m(ABP)=90m(\angle A B P)=90^{\circ}, hence BPCHB P \| C H. Therefore, quadrilateral BPCHB P C H is a parallelogram, in which segment PHP H is a diagonal. Thus, line NHN H passes through the midpoint of side (BC)(B C), q.e.d.

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