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Baltic Way geometry

Problem

Given a triangle with circumradius and inradius , prove that the area of the circle with radius is at least 5 times greater than the area of the triangle .
Solution
Let the area of the triangle be . Among the triangles with fixed circumradius, the one with largest perimeter is equilateral (as can be easily seen from Jensen's inequality). Hence By Euler's inequality, . Thus Hence

Techniques

Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleTriangle inequalitiesJensen/smoothingJensen / smoothing