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Many thanks Andrei from Tudor
Vianu National College, Bucharest, Romania for another
excellent solution.
To solve the problem I have used the hint, so that all
notations are from the hint. I have associated to the
sphere a system of Cartesian coordinates, as shown in
the sketch.
Without loss of generality, I have assumed that $A$ is
situated on $Oz$, and has coordinates (0, 0, 1). As $A$
is a right angle, I can assume that $B$ is situated in
the plane $yOz$ and $C$ in plane $xOz$ respectively.
Let the angle $xOC$ be $u$, and angle $yOB$ be $v$. So,
the Cartesian coordinates of the three points, which
correspond to the vectors OA, OB and OC , are: $$A(0, 0, 1),\
B(0, \cos v, \sin v),\ C(\cos u, 0, \sin u).$$
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