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<math>N</math> is the north pole. <math>A</math> and <math>B</math> are points on a great circle through <math>N</math> equidistant from <math>N</math>. <math>C</math> is a point on the equator. Show that the great circle through <math>C</math> and <math>N</math> bisects the angle <math>ACB</math> in the spherical triangle <math>ABC</math> (a spherical triangle has great circle arcs as sides). | <math>N</math> is the north pole. <math>A</math> and <math>B</math> are points on a great circle through <math>N</math> equidistant from <math>N</math>. <math>C</math> is a point on the equator. Show that the great circle through <math>C</math> and <math>N</math> bisects the angle <math>ACB</math> in the spherical triangle <math>ABC</math> (a spherical triangle has great circle arcs as sides). | ||
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Problem
is the north pole. and are points on a great circle through equidistant from . is a point on the equator. Show that the great circle through and bisects the angle in the spherical triangle (a spherical triangle has great circle arcs as sides).
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