1991 IMO Problems/Problem 5
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[hide]Problem
Let be a triangle and an interior point of . Show that at least one of the angles is less than or equal to .
Solution
Let , , and be , , , respectively.
Let , , and be , , , respcetively.
Using law of sines on we get: , therefore,
Using law of sines on we get: , therefore,
Using law of sines on we get: , therefore,
Multiply all three equations we get:
Using AM-GM we get:
. [Inequality 1]
Note that for , decreases with increasing and fixed
Therefore, decreases with increasing and fixed
From trigonometric identity:
,
since , then:
Therefore,
and also,
Adding these two inequalities we get:
.
. [Inequality 2]
Combining [Inequality 1] and [Inequality 2] we see the following:
This implies that for at least one of the values of ,,or , the following is true:
or
Which means that for at least one of the values of ,,or , the following is true:
Therefore, at least one of the angles is less than or equal to .
~Tomas Diaz, orders@tomasdiaz.com
Alternate solutions are always welcome. If you have a different, elegant solution to this problem, please add it to this page.
Solution 2
At least one of . Without loss of generality, assume that
If and
Draw a circle centered at and passing through . Since is an interior point of , thus is outside the circle
Draw two lines passing through and tangent to . Line intersect at , and line intersect at . Choose near , and choose near
Extends line , and intersect at other than when is not tangent to . If is tangent to , we have be the tangent point, and simply let
Draw the segment , and choose a point on such that . There are two possible points, we choose near point . Draw segments , thus is an equilateral triangle
Draw segments
. Then we have
, since we have either or , thus
Thus we have , then
Because , thus , and
Finally,
Since , and , thus we have
We have proved that when and , the angle must be less than . Thus at least one of should less than or equal to
~Joseph Tsai, mgtsai@gmail.com
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