Problem

Source: Switzerland - Swiss TST 2004 p10

Tags: triangle area, Sum, areas, geometry, altitudes



In an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ the altitudes $AU,BV,CW$ intersect at $H$. Points $X,Y,Z$, different from $H$, are taken on segments $AU,BV$, and $CW$, respectively. (a) Prove that if $X,Y,Z$ and $H$ lie on a circle, then the sum of the areas of triangles $ABZ, AYC, XBC$ equals the area of $ABC$. (b) Prove the converse of (a).