Inequality with Circle and Triangle in Euclidean Geometry

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Hi. This question is on geometry with circle and triangle. I am stuck only on 2 parts of the solution and not the whole solution...

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[ How did they get this? They never explained or proved this and it is NOT obvious from the picture.

Blue: How is that implication true? By what theorem or reasoning?
 
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To see that the red statement is true, observe that [itex]\angle[/itex]ADO = [itex]\angle[/itex]CDB > [itex]\angle[/itex]BOD by Euclid I.32 (book I proposition 32).

In fact, that statement is superfluous. Once you know that [itex]\angle[/itex]ADO > [itex]\angle[/itex]BDO = [itex]\angle[/itex]ADC = [itex]\angle[/itex]AOD + [itex]\angle[/itex]OAD, you know that [itex]\angle[/itex]ADO > [itex]\angle[/itex]OAD, and by Euclid I.19, OA > OD.