2016 USAMO Problems/Problem 3
Problem
Let be an acute triangle, and let
and
denote its
-excenter,
-excenter, and circumcenter, respectively. Points
and
are selected on
such that
and
Similarly, points
and
are selected on
such that
and
Lines and
meet at
Prove that
and
are perpendicular.
Solution
This problem can be proved in the following two steps.
1. Let be the
-excenter, then
and
are colinear. This can be proved by the Trigonometric Form of Ceva's Theorem for
2. Show that which shows
This can be proved by multiple applications of the Pythagorean Thm.
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