In acute-angled triangle , is the altitude of the vertex . The points and are midpoints of and respectively. Suppose that be the reflection of with respect to . Prove that the line passes through circumcenter of .
by Davood Vakili
In acute-angled triangle , is the altitude of the vertex . The points and are midpoints of and respectively. Suppose that be the reflection of with respect to . Prove that the line passes through circumcenter of .
by Davood Vakili
1. Define Points and Midpoints:
- Let be the midpoint of .
- Let be the intersection of and .
2. Angle Chasing:
- We need to show that lie on a circle. To do this, we will use angle chasing and properties of reflections and midpoints.
- Since and are midpoints of and respectively, is the midline of , parallel to and half its length.
3. Reflection Properties:
- is the reflection of with respect to . This means is the perpendicular bisector of , and thus and .
4. Angle Calculation:
- We need to show that the angles and are equal modulo .
- Consider the angles:
- Since , we have:
- Using the fact that is the midpoint of , we get:
- Combining these, we have:
- Since is the reflection of across , we have:
5. Cyclic Quadrilateral:
- From the above, we conclude that lie on a circle because:
6. Isogonal Conjugates:
- Since lie on a circle, we have:
- This implies that and are isogonal conjugates with respect to .
7. Conclusion:
- Since and are isogonal conjugates, passes through the circumcenter of .