Let be a triangle with . Suppose that the bisectors of angles and meet sides and at points and , respectively.
Find the measure of the largest angle of triangle (in degrees).
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Use the nomenclature as shown. Extend BA to say 'X'. <XAC=60° since <BAC=120° and this implies that AC bisects <XAE Now consider the triangle ABE in which we have one internal angle bisector and one external angle bisector intersecting in point F. Hence we conclude that EF bisects the <AEC externally. Likewise, ED bisects <AEB externally. Since, ED & EF are bisectors of <AEB & <AEC respectively, ED is perpendicular to EF or <DEF=90°.