1996 IMO Problems/Problem 5

Problem

Let $ABCDEF$ be a convex hexagon such that $AB$ is parallel to $DE$ , $BD$ is parallel to $EF$ , and $CD$ is parallel to $FA$ . Let $R_{A}$ , $R_{C}$ , $R_{E}$ denote the circumradii of triangles $FAB$ , $BCD$ , $DEF$ , respectively, and let $P$ denote the perimeter of the hexagon. Prove that

$R_{A}+R_{C}+R_{E} \ge \frac{P}{2}$

Solution

Let $s_{1}=\left| AB \right|,\;s_{2}=\left| BC \right|,\;s_{3}=\left| CD \right|,\;s_{4}=\left| DE \right|,\;s_{5}=\left| EF \right|,\;s_{6}=\left| FA \right|$

Let $d_{1}=\left| FB \right|,\;d_{2}=\left| BD \right|,\;d_{1}=\left| DF \right|$

Let $\alpha_{1}=\angle FAB,\;\alpha_{2}=\angle ABC,\;\alpha_{3}=\angle BCD,\;\alpha_{4}=\angle CDE,\;\alpha_{5}=\angle DEF,\;\alpha_{6}=\angle EFA$

From the parallel lines on the hexagon we get:

$\alpha_{1}=\alpha_{4},\;\alpha_{2}=\alpha_{5},\;\alpha_{3}=\alpha_{6},$

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1996 IMO Problems/Problem 5

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