Let be the circumcentre of the acute triangle and denote the circumcircle by . The bisector of the inner angle at meets again at . The bisector of the inner angle at meets again at . Let denote the incentre of the triangle . How much does the angle measure if the points and lie on the same circle?
Solution
The triangle is acute, so the points and lie on the same side of the line . The condition that the points , , and lie on the same circle therefore implies that .
Let us denote the angles of the triangle by , and and let us express the angles and in these terms.
We have . Since the central angle is always twice the inscribed angle, we get . The line is the bisector of the angle , so . Hence, .
Similarly, we have and so .
Also, .
The identity implies that or .
We conclude that .
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