Example 2 Given a non-isosceles with the incircle touching sides , , and at points , , and respectively. The line through point perpendicular to intersects again at point , and the line through point perpendicular to intersects again at point . Let be the midpoint of segment . Prove:
(1) Points , , and are collinear;
(2) If and are fixed points, and point satisfies (where is a given positive constant), and points , , and are not collinear, the lines and intersect again at points and respectively, and the line intersects and at points and respectively, then the perpendicular bisector of segment always passes through a fixed point.
(2013, Vietnam Mathematical Olympiad)
Problem 808
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Proof (1) As shown in Figure 4.
Since points are symmetric with respect to line , and points are also symmetric with respect to line , we have .
Similarly, .
Thus, .
Since side is tangent to at point , then .
Since , we have .
Therefore, passes through the midpoint of chord of , i.e., points , , and are collinear.
(2) Let lines , intersect at points , respectively.
By Property 1, points , , , are concyclic, denoted as . Then is the midpoint of . Hence, is a fixed point.
Let the perpendicular bisector of be . Then line passes through the fixed point .
Let intersect side at point .
By the Angle Bisector Theorem, we have
Thus, is a fixed point.
Consider the point reflection transformation with as the center, the corresponding points of , are , respectively, and the corresponding lines of , are still , . Then the corresponding points of , are , respectively.
Let the perpendicular bisector of segment be . Then the corresponding line of line is .
Since lines , are both perpendicular to , we have , and line is equidistant from lines , .
Let line intersect side at point . Then is the midpoint of segment . Thus, is a fixed point, i.e., the perpendicular bisector of segment always passes through the fixed point .