Let and denote the circumcenter and the orthocenter of respectively with midpoint of at .
The tangents at to meet at . Construct respectively. again at ; is the midpoint of .
Suppose . Find in degrees.
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We claim that ∠ E D N = ∠ M D G .
Connect G D which interesects ⊙ A B C at L , G . Since G M , G D are isogonals wrt ∠ B G C because G D is a symmedian of G B C , therefore A L , A F are isogonals wrt ∠ B A C , which means L ∈ A O and D G ⊥ A G . Moreover lines D F , D G are symmetric about D M .
We now show D G N O ∼ D M E F by individually proving G O N ∼ M F E , D G O ∼ D M F .
The first is trivial by property of circumcenter. For the second, we have ∠ O D G = ∠ F D M by symmetry mentioned above. Since O G = O L , thus ∠ O G D = ∠ O L G = ∠ A F D = ∠ D M F and the similarity is established.
From the similarity we have ∠ E D M = ∠ N D G ⟹ ∠ E D N = ∠ O D G , which is what we desired to show. By some angle chasing or the fact that O L 2 = O C 2 = O M ⋅ O D , we can obtain ∠ O D G = ∠ O L M . Hence:
∠ E D N + ∠ H M B = ∠ O L M + 9 0 − ∠ M H E = 9 0 − ( ∠ L H E − ∠ A L H ) = 9 0 − ∠ H A O = 9 0 − ∣ ∠ . B − ∠ C ∣ = 7 0