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point not on triangle plane, tetrahedron ABCD with heights drawn

Source: Bulgaria 1967 P4

June 23, 2021
geometry3D geometrytetrahedron

Problem Statement

Outside of the plane of the triangle ABCABC is given point DD. (a) prove that if the segment DADA is perpendicular to the plane ABCABC then orthogonal projection of the orthocenter of the triangle ABCABC on the plane BCDBCD coincides with the orthocenter of the triangle BCDBCD. (b) for all tetrahedrons ABCDABCD with base, the triangle ABCABC with smallest of the four heights that from the vertex DD, find the locus of the foot of that height.