A circle passing through and the orthocenter of triangle meets sides at their inner points. Prove that .
(A. Blinkov)
A circle passing through and the orthocenter of triangle meets sides at their inner points. Prove that .
(A. Blinkov)
1. Let the circle passing through points , , and the orthocenter of triangle intersect sides and at points and respectively.
2. Since is the orthocenter, the angle is given by:
This follows from the property of the orthocenter in a triangle, where the angle between the altitudes is supplementary to the angle at the opposite vertex.
3. In the cyclic quadrilateral , the opposite angles sum to . Therefore:
Since , we have:
4. In triangle , we know that the sum of the angles is . Thus:
Since , we have:
5. For the next part, consider the convex quadrilateral , where is the intersection of and . Since and lie on the circle passing through , , and , the quadrilateral is cyclic.
6. In a cyclic quadrilateral, the sum of the opposite angles is . Therefore:
Since , we have:
7. Since is an internal angle of the triangle , we have:
Therefore:
Since is an internal angle, it must be less than . Thus:
8. Combining the results from steps 4 and 7, we have:
The final answer is