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Geometry Difficulty 5.8 AIME, harder Prove it

Example 2. On the sides AB,BC,CAAB, BC, CA of ABC\triangle ABC, take points P,Q,SP, Q, S respectively. Prove that the triangle formed by the circumcenters of APS,BQP,CSQ\triangle APS, \triangle BQP, \triangle CSQ is similar to ABC\triangle ABC. (B - Polaslov's High School

Solution

Let O1O_{1}, O2,O3O_{2}, O_{3} be the circumcenters of APS\triangle A P S, BQP\triangle B Q P, CSQ\triangle C S Q. After constructing the hexagon O1PO2QO3 S\mathrm{O}_{1} \mathrm{PO}_{2} \mathrm{QO}_{3} \mathrm{~S}, by the properties of circumcenters, we have
PO1S=2A,QO2P=2B,SO3Q=2C.PO1S+QO2P+SO3Q=360. Thus,  \begin{array}{l} \angle P O_{1} S=2 \angle A, \\ \angle Q O_{2} P=2 \angle B, \\ \angle S O_{3} Q=2 \angle C . \\ \therefore \angle P O_{1} S+\angle Q O_{2} P+\angle S O_{3} Q=360^{\circ} . \text { Thus, } \end{array}

we know O1PO2+O2QO3+O3SO1=360\angle O_{1} P O_{2}+\angle O_{2} Q O_{3}+\angle O_{3} S O_{1}=360^{\circ}.
Rotating O2QO3\triangle O_{2} Q O_{3} around point O3O_{3} to KSO3\triangle K S O_{3}, it is easy to determine that KSO1O2PO1\triangle K S O_{1} \cong \triangle O_{2} P O_{1}, and we can also get O1O2O3O1KO3\triangle O_{1} O_{2} O_{3} \cong \triangle O_{1} K O_{3}.
O2O1O3=KO1O3=12O2O1K=12(O2O1S+SO1K)=12(O2O1S+PO1O2)=12PO1S=A; \begin{array}{c} \therefore \angle O_{2} O_{1} O_{3}=\angle K O_{1} O_{3}=\frac{1}{2} \angle O_{2} O_{1} K \\ =\frac{1}{2}\left(\angle O_{2} O_{1} S+\angle S O_{1} K\right) \\ =\frac{1}{2}\left(\angle O_{2} O_{1} S+\angle P O_{1} O_{2}\right) \\ =\frac{1}{2} \angle P O_{1} S=\angle A ; \end{array}

Similarly, we have O1O2O3=B\angle O_{1} O_{2} O_{3}=\angle B. Therefore, O1O2O3ABC\triangle O_{1} O_{2} O_{3} \sim \triangle A B C.

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