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Saudi Arabia geometry

Problem

Show that in any triangle with the following inequality holds:
Solution
The inequality is equivalent to hence that is After easy computations we get the equivalent inequality We have equality if and only if , i.e. .

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Alternative solution.

Let . We have , and the inequality is equivalent to: hence Put and obtain which is equivalent to .

Techniques

Triangle trigonometryTrigonometryTriangle inequalities