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ABCABC is a triangle, HH its orthocenter, II its incenter, OO its circumcenter and ω\omega its circumcircle. Line CICI intersects circle ω\omega at point DD different from CC. Assume that AB=IDAB = ID and AH=OHAH = OH. Find the angles of triangle ABCABC.

Solution

We already know that DA=DB=DIDA = DB = DI. Because DI=ABDI = AB, triangle ADBADB is equilateral. But ∠ACB+∠BDA=180∘\angle ACB + \angle BDA = 180^\circ, we deduce that ∠ACB=120∘\angle ACB = 120^\circ.

Because ∠BOA=2∠BDA=120∘\angle BOA = 2 \angle BDA = 120^\circ, we deduce that ∠OAB=30∘\angle OAB = 30^\circ. On the other hand, we have ∠CAH=90∘−∠CBA−∠BAC=30∘\angle CAH = 90^\circ - \angle CBA - \angle BAC = 30^\circ. By applying cosine law in the triangle AOHAOH we obtain
OH2=AH2+R2−2R⋅AHcos⁡(∠BAC+60∘), OH^2 = AH^2 + R^2 - 2R \cdot AH \cos(\angle BAC + 60^\circ),
where RR is the circumradius of triangle ABCABC. This is equivalent to
2AHcos⁡(∠BAC+60∘)=R. 2AH \cos(\angle BAC + 60^\circ) = R.
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Because HCHC is perpendicular to ABAB and BCBC is perpendicular to AHAH, we have ∠AHC=∠CBA\angle AHC = \angle CBA. On the other hand, we have ∠HCA=180∘−∠AHC−30∘=90∘+∠BAC\angle HCA = 180^\circ - \angle AHC - 30^\circ = 90^\circ + \angle BAC. We deduce, by applying sine law to the triangle ACHACH that
AHsin⁡(90∘+∠BAC)=ACsin⁡∠CBA=2R. \frac{AH}{\sin(90^\circ + \angle BAC)} = \frac{AC}{\sin \angle CBA} = 2R.
Therefore, AH=2Rcos⁡∠BACAH = 2R \cos \angle BAC. By plugging this into our previous relation we obtain
2cos⁡∠BAC⋅cos⁡(∠BAC+60∘)=12. 2 \cos \angle BAC \cdot \cos(\angle BAC + 60^\circ) = \frac{1}{2}.
This is equivalent to
cos⁡(2∠BAC+60∘)+cos⁡60∘=12, \cos(2\angle BAC + 60^\circ) + \cos 60^\circ = \frac{1}{2},
and therefore, ∠BAC=15∘\angle BAC = 15^\circ. Thus

∠\angle BAC = 15∘,∠15^\circ, \quad \angle CBA = 45∘,and∠45^\circ, \quad \text{and} \quad \angle ACB = 120∘.120^\circ.

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