Some Amazing Triangle

Geometry Level pending

In A B C \triangle ABC , we have A B > A C AB > AC and A = 6 0 \angle A = 60^{\circ} . Let I I and H H denote the incenter and orthocenter of the triangle. What is A H I \angle AHI ?

5 2 B \frac{5}{2} \angle B 1 2 B \frac{1}{2} \angle B 2 B 2 \angle B 3 2 B \frac{3}{2}\angle B

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1 solution

Alan Yan
Sep 30, 2015

Construct the A-height and call the foot of the altitude D D .

Notice that B H C = B I C = 12 0 \angle BHC = \angle BIC = 120^{\circ} . This implies that B I H C BIHC is cyclic. Because opposite angles in a cyclic quadrilateral are supplements and I B C = B 2 \angle IBC = \frac{\angle B}{2} , we know that I H C = 18 0 B 2 \angle IHC = 180^{\circ} - \frac{\angle B}{2} .

Since D A C = 9 0 C \angle DAC = 90^{\circ} - \angle C and A C H = 9 0 A \angle ACH = 90^{\circ} - A , we know that D H C = 180 A C = B \angle DHC = 180 - \angle A - \angle C = \angle B .

Since D H C = B \angle DHC = \angle B I H C = 18 0 B 2 \angle IHC = 180^{\circ} - \frac{\angle B}{2} , we know that I H D = I H C D H C = 18 0 3 2 B A H I = 3 2 B . \angle IHD = \angle IHC - \angle DHC = 180^{\circ} - \frac{3}{2}\angle B \implies \angle AHI = \boxed{\frac{3}{2}\angle B}.

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