In obtuse triangle , with the obtuse angle at , let , , be the feet of the altitudes through , , respectively. is parallel to , and is parallel to the angle bisector of . Find the angles of the triangle.
South African Mathematical Olympiad Third Round
Solution
We denote the angles of the triangle by , and . is the intersection of with the angle bisector of . Since , both and lie on the circle with diameter . Thus is cyclic, which implies that
It is given that and are parallel, hence
so . Likewise,
and
so . Since , this gives us
and thus , and .
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