Basic Lemmas on Reflection of Circumcenter
by AlastorMoody, Nov 19, 2018, 5:39 PM
Ok....so I have made this post a bit better (I think so
)
Define:
reflections of circumcenter of
, over 
foot of perpendiculars from
to 
midpoints of 
midpoints of 
Nine-point center of 
Note: We'll also include some basic properties of nine-point circle too!
Pre-Eliminaries
Lemma 1: Reflection of orthocenter over any side lies on the circumcircle
Proof:
Lemma 2:Reflection of orthocenter over any midpoint of a side lies on the circumcircle
Proof:
Lemma 3: Perpendiculars from vertex
to
concur at the circumcenter of 
Proof: Note that
are the excenters WRT
, hence, they concur at the bevan point WRT
which is indeed the circumcenter WRT

Lemma 4:
are infact the circumcenters of 
Proof:
Lemma 5: The Nine-Point Centers of
and
are the same
Proof:
Main(Basic) Properties
Property 1:Circles
are congruent
Proof:
Property 2:
is the orthocenter WRT
and 
Proof:
Property 3:
is the circumcenter WRT
and 
Proof:
Property 4:
(Nine-Point Circle WRT
) bisects any segment from the orthocenter to any point on the circumcircle of 
Proof:
Property 5: Nine-point center is the circumcenter WRT
and 
(Restatement) The perpendicular bisectors of
and
concur at 
Proof:
Property 6: Quadrilaterals
and
are parallelograms
Proof:
Property 7:
and
are congruent triangles
Proof:
Property 8: If
and
, then, 
Proof: See this, (Post #13, Lemma 1)
Property 9:
and
are concurrent at
and
bisects 
Proof:
Property 10:
and
are Rhombus
Proof:
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Let's See these basic lemmas and properties in action!
Q1)(Source= BAMO 2013/P5)
Solution:
Q2)(Source=HKMO Round 1 2018/P6)
Solution:
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And Lastly, here are some problems to try!
Problems
1# Macedonia National Olympiad 2015/P1 Let
and
be altitudes in
. Let
be the perpendicular lines from vertices
to
respectively. Prove that
are concurrent lines.
2# APMO 2004/P2 Let
be the circumcenter and
the orthocenter of an acute triangle
. Prove that the area of one of the triangles
,
and
is equal to the sum of the areas of the other two.
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(Let me know other problems that can be solved using the lemmas and properties stated in this post, below!)

Define:












Note: We'll also include some basic properties of nine-point circle too!
Pre-Eliminaries
Lemma 1: Reflection of orthocenter over any side lies on the circumcircle
Proof:
Lemma 2:Reflection of orthocenter over any midpoint of a side lies on the circumcircle
Proof:
Lemma 3: Perpendiculars from vertex



Proof: Note that





Lemma 4:


Proof:
Lemma 5: The Nine-Point Centers of


Proof:
Main(Basic) Properties
Property 1:Circles

Proof:
Property 2:



Proof:
Property 3:



Proof:
Property 4:



Proof:
Property 5: Nine-point center is the circumcenter WRT


(Restatement) The perpendicular bisectors of



Proof:
Property 6: Quadrilaterals


Proof:
Property 7:


Proof:
Property 8: If



Proof: See this, (Post #13, Lemma 1)

Property 9:





Proof:
Property 10:


Proof:
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Let's See these basic lemmas and properties in action!
Q1)(Source= BAMO 2013/P5)
BAMO 2013/P5 wrote:
Given
with orthocenter
, Let
be the center os
, Prove, that, 





Q2)(Source=HKMO Round 1 2018/P6)
HKMO Round 1 2018/P6 wrote:
A triangle
has its orthocentre
distinct from its vertices and from the circumcenter
of
. Denote by
and
respectively the circumcenters of triangles
and
. Show that the lines
and
are concurrent.










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And Lastly, here are some problems to try!
Problems
1# Macedonia National Olympiad 2015/P1 Let







2# APMO 2004/P2 Let






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(Let me know other problems that can be solved using the lemmas and properties stated in this post, below!)
This post has been edited 22 times. Last edited by AlastorMoody, Feb 10, 2019, 12:01 PM