Prove that feet of perpendicular from a point on the circumcircle of a triangle on the sides are collinear
Let ABC be a triangle and X be any point on its circumcircle
Also XP, XQ, XR are perpendicular to BC, AB, and AC respectively.
Now, since XP ⊥ PB and XQ ⊥ BQ,
⇒ X must lie on the circumcircle of BQP.
Similarly, X must lie on the circumcircle of CPR and AQR.
From this we have that XQBP, XQAR, XRPC are all cyclic quadrilaterals.
So from the fact that XQBP is a cyclic quadrilateral we have that,
∠QXP = 180º - ∠QBP
which in turn tells us that
∠QXP = 180º - ∠ABC
But AXCB is also a cyclic quadrilateral, and so we have
∠AXC = 180º - ∠ABC
⇒ ∠QXP = ∠AXC
⇒ ∠QXA = ∠PXC
Similarly XQAR, XRPC are also cyclic quadrilaterals, and
∠PXC = ∠PRC and ∠QXA = ∠QRA
Now we can combine this with our previous result and we have that
∠PRC = ∠QRA
Therefore P, Q, Rare collinear.