99.2. Consider 7-gons inscribed in a circle such that all sides of the 7-gon are of different length. Determine the maximal number of angles in this kind of a 7-gon.
Problem 688
Official solution
Solution. It is easy to give examples of heptagons inscribed in a circle with all sides unequal and two angles equal to . These angles cannot lie on adjacent vertices of the heptagon. In fact, if , and arc equals , then arcs and both are (compute angles in isosceles triangles with center of the circle as the to vertex), and , contrary to the assumption. So if the heptagon has three angles of , their vertices are, say , and . Then each of the arcs , are . The arcs are disjoint, so they cover the whole circumference. The has to coincide with , and the heptagon degenerates to a hexagon. There can be at most two angles.