Here is a beautiful result concerning triangles in which one angle measures 120 degree.
Let ABC be a triangle in which angle A measures 120 degree, and let the internal bisectors of all three angles be drawn; let them meet the opposite sides at P, Q, R (so that AP is the bisector of angle A, BQ is the bisector of angle B, and so on).
Now a beautiful fact emerges: angle QPR is a right angle!
There are many nice proofs of this fact. Here is a figure showing the result.
Just as beautiful is the fact that the statement has a converse:
If points P, Q, R are constructed as described above, starting with an arbitrary triangle ABC, and angle QPR is a right angle, then angle A measures 120 degree.
But this is less easy to prove.
I invite the reader to find both the proofs!
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