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Saudi Arabia geometry

Problem

Let be a triangle with . Denote by the foot of the altitude from and by the midpoint of . Prove that .

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Solution
Denote by the length sides of triangle . In triangle we have Since , it follows , hence The inequality is equivalent to , that is . Using the cosine law, the last inequality becomes , or . We can write , hence , and we get . This inequality is true because , and we are done.

Techniques

Triangle inequalitiesTriangle trigonometry