Let be a quadrilateral circumscribed about a circle, whose interior and exterior angles are at least . Prove that
When does equality hold?
Solution
By symmetry, we only need to prove the first inequality.
Because quadrilateral has an incircle, we have , or . It suffices to prove that
By the given condition, , and so . Applying the Law of Cosines to triangle yields
The last inequality is equivalent to the inequality , or , which is evident. The last equality holds if and only if .
On the other hand, applying the Law of Cosines to triangle yields
Combining the last two inequalities gives the desired result.
For the given inequalities to have equality, we must have . This condition is also sufficient, because all the entries in the equalities are 0. Thus, equality holds if and only if is a kite with and .
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