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Parallel Lines

Source: Problem 5, Centroamerican Olympiad 2009

October 7, 2009
geometrycircumcircleprojective geometrygeometric transformationhomothetygeometry proposed

Problem Statement

Given an acute and scalene triangle ABC ABC, let H H be its orthocenter, O O its circumcenter, E E and F F the feet of the altitudes drawn from B B and C C, respectively. Line AO AO intersects the circumcircle of the triangle again at point G G and segments FE FE and BC BC at points X X and Y Y respectively. Let Z Z be the point of intersection of line AH AH and the tangent line to the circumcircle at G G. Prove that HX HX is parallel to YZ YZ.