Geometry Problem
Level: Mathematics Education, High School, Honors Geometry, College.
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Sunday, July 8, 2012
Problem 779: Triangle, Altitude, Orthocenter, Vertex, Midpoint, Side, Angle, 90 Degrees
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By properties of orthocenter, and cyclic quadrilateral,
ReplyDeleteAngle DAC = Angle DHB
Thus,
Triangle DAC ~ Triangle DHB
Now, consider a rotation 90 degrees clockwise about point D,
DB maps to a line segment on DC,
DH maps to a line segment on DA.
So, after the above rotation,
triangle DHB will become the same position as triangle DAC, only with different size.
Hence, DM will map to a line segment on DF.
Which means, angle FDM = 90 degrees.
Triangle ADC is similar to triangle DHB
ReplyDeleteAnd since F is the mid point of AC and M is the mid point of BH, so triangle ADF is similar to DHM and DFC is similar to DHM
So angle FDM is same as angle ADC , which is 90
QED
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ReplyDeleteDraw nine-points circle per attached sketch
This circle will pass through feet of altitudes, midpoint of each side and midpoint from orthocenter to each vertex.
Since ∠ (MNF)=90 => MF is a diameter
So ∠ (MDF)=90
∆ADC is rt angled at D, and F is the midpoint of the hypotenuse AC.
ReplyDeleteSo AF = DF, ∠ADF = A.
∆BDH is rt angled at D, and M is the midpoint of the hypotenuse BH.
So ∠BDM = ∠DBM = 90° - A (note BH ⊥ AC)
Follows ∠ADF + ∠BDM = 90°
Hence ∠FDM = 90°