Problem

Source: 42nd International Tournament of Towns, Senior O-Level P2, Fall 2020

Tags: geometry, Tournament of Towns



There were ten points $X_1, \ldots , X_{10}$ on a line in this particular order. Pete constructed an isosceles triangle on each segment $X_1X_2, X_2X_3,\ldots, X_9X_{10}$ as a base with the angle $\alpha{}$ at its apex. It so happened that all the apexes of those triangles lie on a common semicircle with diameter $X_1X_{10}$. Find $\alpha{}$. Egor Bakaev