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Equilateral triangles

Source: Centroamerican 2011, Problem 2

June 22, 2011
geometrycircumcirclegeometric transformationreflectiongeometry proposed

Problem Statement

In a scalene triangle ABCABC, DD is the foot of the altitude through AA, EE is the intersection of ACAC with the bisector of ABC\angle ABC and FF is a point on ABAB. Let OO the circumcenter of ABCABC and X=ADBEX=AD\cap BE, Y=BECFY=BE\cap CF, Z=CFADZ=CF \cap AD. If XYZXYZ is an equilateral triangle, prove that one of the triangles OXYOXY, OYZOYZ, OZXOZX must be equilateral.