Problem:
Let be a quadrilateral inscribed in the unit circle such that is degrees. Let denote the minimum value of , where and may be any points lying along rays and , respectively. Determine the maximum value of .
Solution

For a fixed quadrilateral as described, we first show that , the minimum possible length of , equals the length of . Reflect , , and across line to points , , and , respectively, and then reflect and across to points and , respectively. These two reflections combine to give a rotation around , so triangle is equilateral. It also follows that is a rotation of around , so, in particular, these segments have the same length. Because by reflection,
The latter is the length of a broken path from to , and by the "shortest path is a straight line" principle, this total length is at least as long as . (More directly, this follows from the triangle inequality: .) Therefore, the lower bound indeed holds. To see that this is actually an equality, note that choosing as the intersection of segment with ray , and choosing so that its reflection is the intersection of with ray , aligns path with segment , thus obtaining the desired minimum .
We may conclude that the largest possible value of is the largest possible length of , namely : the length of a diameter of the circle.