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Start with an acute triangle and form a new triangle from the points of tangency of its inscribed circle. Continue this process to make make the triangle with blue vertices. What is the maximum possible angle at a blue vertex?

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Solution

The maximum blue angle is 495°/8, which is approximately 61.9°.

Solution by Stéphane Bernard.

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