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Triangle of the three centres is obtuse

Source: Romanian TST 1997

September 17, 2011
trigonometryinequalitiesgeometry proposedgeometry

Problem Statement

We are given in the plane a line \ell and three circles with centres A,B,CA,B,C such that they are all tangent to \ell and pairwise externally tangent to each other. Prove that the triangle ABCABC has an obtuse angle and find all possible values of this this angle.
Mircea Becheanu