is a triangle, its orthocenter, its incenter, its circumcenter and its circumcircle. Line intersects circle at point different from . Assume that and . Find the angles of triangle .
, 2013
Solution
We already know that . Because , triangle is equilateral. But , we deduce that .
Because , we deduce that . On the other hand, we have . By applying cosine law in the triangle we obtain
where is the circumradius of triangle . This is equivalent to
Because is perpendicular to and is perpendicular to , we have . On the other hand, we have . We deduce, by applying sine law to the triangle that
Therefore, . By plugging this into our previous relation we obtain
This is equivalent to
and therefore, . Thus
\angle BAC = 15^\circ, \quad \angle CBA = 45^\circ, \quad \text{and} \quad \angle ACB = 120^\circ.
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