Focusing on Incenters #3

Geometry Level 5

In A B C \triangle ABC , the bisectors of A B C \angle ABC and A C B \angle ACB meet A C AC and A B AB at D D and E E respectively, and A D E A E D = 6 0 \angle ADE - \angle AED = 60^\circ . Find the value of A C B \angle ACB in degrees.


The answer is 120.

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1 solution

Atomsky Jahid
Jun 16, 2016

You have one degree of freedom here. So, you can arbitrarily set the value of A \angle A or B \angle B . Let, A = 4 0 \angle A=40^\circ . Then, you can easily get A D E = 10 0 ; A E D = 4 0 \angle ADE=100^\circ; \angle AED=40^\circ . Now, consider the triangle ADE only. Imagine a bisector of A \angle A . In this bisector O is a point such that D O E = 9 0 + A 2 = 11 0 \angle DOE=90^\circ+ \frac{\angle A}{2}=110^\circ . Hence, O is the incenter. Now, let O D E = α \angle ODE= \alpha . You have to find the α \alpha for which D O E = 11 0 \angle DOE=110^\circ . This can be a daunting task. I used coordinate geometry to find α = 3 0 \alpha=30^\circ . Finally, C 2 = 3 0 + α \frac{\angle C}{2}=30^\circ+ \alpha C = 12 0 \angle C=120^\circ [P.S. Curious mind wants to know how the problem setter devised this ingenious problem!]

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