Let be a cyclic hexagon satisfying and .Let be the intersection of lines and and let be the intersection of lines and .Assume that and are on the same side of and is on the opposite side.Let be the midpoint of .Let and be the incentres of and respectively.Prove that .
Solution
1. Identify the given conditions and setup:
- is a cyclic hexagon.
- .
- .
- is the intersection of lines and .
- is the intersection of lines and .
- and are on the same side of .
- is on the opposite side.
- is the midpoint of .
- and are the incenters of and respectively.
2. **Prove that is the circumcenter of the hexagon:**
- Since is the midpoint of and , lies on the perpendicular bisector of .
- Given that , triangles and are congruent by the Side-Angle-Side (SAS) criterion.
- Therefore, .
3. **Calculate the angles involving and :**
- Since is the incenter of , .
- Similarly, since is the incenter of , .
4. Use the cyclic nature of the hexagon:
- Since is cyclic, .
5. **Sum the angles to find :**
- .
- .
- Therefore, .
Thus, .