Parallel Lines
Source: Problem 5, Centroamerican Olympiad 2009
October 7, 2009
geometrycircumcircleprojective geometrygeometric transformationhomothetygeometry proposed
Problem Statement
Given an acute and scalene triangle , let be its orthocenter, its circumcenter, and the feet of the altitudes drawn from and , respectively. Line intersects the circumcircle of the triangle again at point and segments and at points and respectively. Let be the point of intersection of line and the tangent line to the circumcircle at . Prove that is parallel to .