Proyasov B.Y.
Two circles with radii 1 and 2 have a common center at point . Vertex of an equilateral triangle lies on the larger circle, and the midpoint of side lies on the smaller circle. What can the angle be equal to?
Proyasov B.Y.
Two circles with radii 1 and 2 have a common center at point . Vertex of an equilateral triangle lies on the larger circle, and the midpoint of side lies on the smaller circle. What can the angle be equal to?
## Author: Oschekina M
Consider the case when points and lie in the same half-plane relative to the line (see the left figure). Let be the midpoint of , and be the point of intersection of the medians of triangle . Extend the segment until it intersects the larger circle at point . Then is also the midpoint of segment , so is a parallelogram. is the point of intersection of the medians of triangle as well, since is a median of this triangle, and . Since this triangle is isosceles, the median is also the bisector, which implies the congruence of triangles and . Therefore, , meaning that points lie on a circle with center . Hence, . Similarly, considering the second case, we get .
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## Answer
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