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I know this is easy to lots of you but I am just struggling to find the solution. How can I prove the sum of the highlighted angles in the following 3 times 3 square grid is equal to $\pi$?

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    Answers [here](http://math.stackexchange.com/q/197393/26306) and [here](http://math.stackexchange.com/q/272208/26306). – 2017-01-01
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    Cool, feel free to mark as duplicated. Thanks! – 2017-01-01
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    This is a question from Brilliant. Brilliant problems cannot be discussed or solved anywhere else. – 2017-01-02

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The first angle is $\pi /4$ because his tangent is equal to $1$ so we must show that $a+b=3\pi /4$. Looking to the picture we have $\tan a= 2$ and $\tan b= 3$ so:

$$\tan(a+b)=\frac{\tan a + \tan b}{1-\tan a \tan b}=\frac{2+3}{1-2\cdot3}=-1$$

and once $a+b \le \pi$ then $a+b=3\pi /4$.

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Hint: Apply the arctan addition formula to angles $\arctan(1), \arctan(2), \arctan(3)$.

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Here's a fun little proof without words. Sorry for the horrible art skills.