Problem

Source: Romanian TST 1997

Tags: trigonometry, inequalities, geometry proposed, geometry



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