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Belarus geometry

Problem

Let , , be altitudes and , , be bisectors of an acute angled triangle . Prove the inequality where stands for the area of a triangle.
Solution
One can prove the following Lemma. If , , are angles of a triangle then Now, if , , are the side lengths of the triangle, , , are corresponding angles and is the area of this triangle, then we have and Further, So as required.

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTriangle trigonometryTrigonometryTriangle inequalities