Consider an acute triangle $ABC$, points $E,F$ are the feet of the perpendiculars from $B$ and $C$ in $\triangle ABC$. Points $I$ and $J$ are the projections of points $F,E$ on the line $BC$, points $K,L$ are on sides $AB,AC$ respectively such that $IK \parallel AC$ and $JL \parallel AB$. Prove that the lines $IE$,$JF$,$KL$ are concurrent.
Problem
Source: Moldova TST Problem 7
Tags: geometry
02.04.2015 00:56
Since $ \triangle ELJ $ and $ \triangle IKF $ are homothetic, so $ IE, KL, JF $ are concurrent .
13.04.2015 20:51
Let $X,Y$ are the intersection of $FJ,EI$ and $FJ,KL$, respectively We have: $\frac{FX}{XJ}=\frac{FI}{JE};\frac{FY}{YJ}=\frac{FK}{JL}$ It's easy to see that $\triangle FKI$ is similar to $\triangle JLE$ Therefore $X$ coincide $Y$ and we have qed Thing's I see places of $E,F$ are not important if $E,F$ are the arbitrary point on $AC,AB$, respectively, $IE,JF,KL$ are also concurrent Hoa nhài
05.09.2018 17:52
Since $IK \cap EL= P_{\infty 1}$, $KF \cap LJ = P_{\infty 2}$ and $FI \cap JE = P_{\infty 3}$, these three points are collinear (they all lie on the line at infinity). Now by Desargues' theorem, $IE, KL, FJ$ are concurrent, as desired.