Consider the triangle $ABC$ with $\angle A= 90^{\circ}$ and $\angle B \not= \angle C$. A circle $\mathcal{C}(O,R)$ passes through $B$ and $C$ and intersects the sides $AB$ and $AC$ at $D$ and $E$, respectively. Let $S$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $A$ to $BC$ and let $K$ be the intersection point of $AS$ with the segment $DE$. If $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$, prove that $AKOM$ is a parallelogram.
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Bars
01.11.2010 07:35
WakeUp wrote: isosceles triangle $ABC$ with $\angle A= 90^{\circ}$ and $\angle B \not= \angle C$. ??
WakeUp
01.11.2010 20:55
Bars wrote: WakeUp wrote: isosceles triangle $ABC$ with $\angle A= 90^{\circ}$ and $\angle B \not= \angle C$. ?? Sorry, I have edited the problem. $ABC$ is not isosceles.
The problem is flooded with similar triangles.
Without loss of generality we will let $AC<AB$, and let $AM$ meet $KD$ at $X$.
Note $OM$ and $AS$ are both perpendicular to $BC$, implying $AK||OM$.
It is easy to see that $\triangle ABC$, $\triangle ASC$, $\triangle ABS$ and $\triangle ADE$ are similar. We can see from this that $\angle KAE= \angle AEK$ so that $KE=AK$ and from a symmetric argument $AK=DK$ hence $DK=KE$, i.e. $K$ is the midpoint of $DE$. Hence $\angle OKD=90^{\circ}$.
Consider a circle with diameter $BC$, clearly $A$ must be on the circumference hence $MA=MB$. So $\angle MAB=\angle ABM=\angle AED$ so $\triangle ADX$ is similar to $\triangle ADE$. Hence $90^{\circ}=\angle AXD= \angle MXE $. Then both $MX$ and $OK$ are perpendicular to $DE$ i.e. $AM=MX||OK$.
So $AK||OM$ and $AM||OK$.
jayme
02.11.2010 12:07
Dear mathlinkers, see also: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=348309. Sincerely Jean-Louis