Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with $AB<AC,$ and let $D$ be the foot of its altitude from$A,$ points $B'$ and $C'$ lie on the rays $AB$ and $AC,$ respectively , so that points $B',$ $C'$ and $D$ are collinear and points $B,$ $C,$ $B'$ and $C'$ lie on one circle with center $O.$ Prove that if $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$ and $H$ is the orthocenter of $ABC,$ then $DHMO$ is a parallelogram.
Problem
Source: MEMO 2018 T5
Tags: geometry, parallelogram, OHM
05.09.2018 12:55
Let the line through $D$ perpendicular to $OD$ cut $AB, AC$ at $X, Y$. By Butterfly's theorem, $XD = DY$ hence $$-1 = A(X, Y; D, {\infty}_{XY}) \stackrel{\text{Rotate } 90^{\circ}}{=} H(C, B; {\infty}_{BC}, {\infty}_{\perp XY})$$or $HM\perp XY\implies OD\parallel HM$. Hence we are done.
10.01.2022 23:44
$B'$ and $C'$ are exactly the same.We choose a point $O'$ in the middle perpendicular to $BC$ where $DHMO'$ is a parallelogram.Suppose that a circle with center $O$ and radius $OB$ intersects $AB$and $AC$ at $X$ and $Y$. To prove that $X$ and $Y$ are $B'$ and $C'$ in the case, It suffices to prove that the lines lie on the line. This can be proved from the Menelaus theremas by a simple cross-sectional calculation.
02.02.2022 19:40
A short solution without any computation: Let $H', H''$ be the reflections of $H$ over $D$ and $M$, respectively. Clearly, the feet of the perpendicular lines from $H''$ onto $AB$ and $AC$ are just $B,C$. On the other hand (Simson line), since $H'$ is on the circumcircle of $ABC$, the feet from $H'$ are just $B',C'$. Hence $O$ is just the midpoint of $H'H''$ which is easily seen to be equivalent to the claim.