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Helpful lemma

Unread post by Phlembac Adib Hasan » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:42 am

Here I'm giving a lemma that I use in many geometric problems.Many of you may know it.Actually it is for them who don't know it.
Acute angled $ \triangle ABC $ has orthocenter $H$ and circumcenter $O$.$ D,E,F $ are the feet of perpendiculars from $A,B,C$, respectively.Prove that $DE\perp CO. $
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Re: Helpful lemma

Unread post by itsnafi » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:28 pm

What's The Source?

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Re: Helpful lemma

Unread post by FahimFerdous » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:35 pm

@Nafi: do some angle chasing and you'll get it.
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Re: Helpful lemma

Unread post by *Mahi* » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:39 pm

@Nafi:
Quite a direct consequence if you can prove $O$ and $H$ are isogonal conjugates.
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Re: Helpful lemma

Unread post by itsnafi » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:45 pm

I've got it.But I just wanna know the related link to get more.
But after all,thnx to fahim vaia. :D .And to Mahi as well. :D

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Re: Helpful lemma

Unread post by Nadim Ul Abrar » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:52 pm

$(i)$ $ \angle BCO=\angle ACH$ . $(ii)$ $ ABDE$ is cyclic .

Using $(i)$ $(ii)$ we can prove that $\triangle DCI$ ~ $\triangle CEH$ ( $ I$ is the intersecting point of $OC$ and $DE$)
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Re: Helpful lemma

Unread post by nafistiham » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:14 pm

Proof: ;)
\[\angle EDA=\angle EBA=\frac{\pi}{2}-\angle A=\frac{\pi-2\angle A}{2}=\angle OCD\]
\[\angle OCD+\angle EDC=\angle EDA+\angle EDC=\angle ADC=\frac{\pi}{2}\]

কিন্তু আদিব $H$ এর দরকার কি ? বুঝলাম না :?
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Re: Helpful lemma

Unread post by Nadim Ul Abrar » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:17 pm

nafistiham wrote:Proof: ;)
\[\angle EDA=\angle EBA=\frac{\pi}{2}-\angle A=\frac{\pi-2\angle A}{2}=\angle OCD\]
\[\angle OCD+\angle EDC=\angle EDA+\angle EDC=\angle ADC=\frac{\pi}{2}\]

কিন্তু আদিব $H$ এর দরকার কি ? বুঝলাম না :?

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Re: Helpful lemma

Unread post by Tahmid Hasan » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:32 pm

can be solved using complex too.
taking co-ordinates $A=a,B=c,C=c,O=0$ and inscribing $\triangle ABC$ in an unit circle,
we get $2D=a+b+c- \frac {bc}{a},2E=a+b+c- \frac {ac}{b}$
which gives straightforward result ;)
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Re: Helpful lemma

Unread post by Niloy Da Fermat » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:51 pm

itsnafi wrote:I've got it.But I just wanna know the related link to get more.
But after all,thnx to fahim vaia. :D .And to Mahi as well. :D
আমি plane euclidean geometry বই থেকে এইসব পরসি। চমতকার আছে ঐখানে, দেখতে পারো। আর মাহি, isogonal conjugate জিনিসটা কি?
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