4. In , is any circle passing through points and , intersecting sides and at points and , respectively. Point is such that is similar to (vertices correspondingly arranged), and points and are on the same side of line . Similarly, point is such that is similar to (vertices correspondingly arranged), and points and are on the same side of line . Prove: Line passes through the orthocenter of .
Problem 1141
Official solution
4. As shown in Figure 10, let be the orthocenter of , be the intersection of and , and intersect the perpendicular bisector of at point .
Similarly, and are isogonal lines of .
Thus, and are a pair of isogonal conjugates of .
Therefore, .
Since , , and ,
then
.
Let intersect at point , and intersect at point . Then
where represents the power of point with respect to the circle with diameter .
Thus, point lies on line , which is the radical axis of the circles with diameters and .
Similarly, points and also lie on line .
Therefore, passes through the orthocenter of .