Difference between revisions of "Triangle Inequality"

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The Triangle Inequality says that in a nondegenerate triangle $ABC$ :

$AB + BC > AC$

$BC + AC > AB$

$AC + AB > BC$

That is, the sum of the lengths of any two sides is larger than the length of the third side. In degenerate triangles, the strict inequality must be replaced by "greater than or equal to."

The Triangle Inequality can also be extended to other polygons. The lengths $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ can only be the sides of a nondegenerate $n$ -gon if $a_i < a_1 + \ldots + a_{i -1} + a_{i + 1} + \ldots + a_n = \left(\sum_{j=1}^n a_j\right) - a_i$ for $i = 1, 2 \ldots, n$ . Expressing the inequality in this form leads to $2a_i < P$ , where $P$ is the sum of the $a_j$ , or $a_i < \frac{P}{2}$ . Stated in another way, it says that in every polygon, each side must be smaller than the semiperimeter.

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Introductory Problems

Olympiad Problems

Belarus 2002 Aops Topic

Given $a,b,c,d>0$ , prove:

$\sqrt{(a+c)^2+(b+d)^2}+\frac{2|ad-bc|}{\sqrt{(a+c)^2+(b+d)^2}}\geq \sqrt{a^2+b^2}+\sqrt{c^2+d^2} \geq \sqrt{(a+c)^2+(b+d)^2}$

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-== Example Problems ==
+== Problems ==
 === Introductory Problems ===
 * [[2006_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_10 | 2006 AMC 10B Problem 10]]
+* [[2006 AIME II Problems/Problem 2 | 2006 AIME II Problem 2]]
-*[[2006 AIME II Problems/Problem 2 | 2006 AIME II Problem 2]]
+=== Olympiad Problems ===
+* Belarus 2002 [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=59933 Aops Topic]
+Given <math>a,b,c,d>0</math>, prove:
+<center><math>\sqrt{(a+c)^2+(b+d)^2}+\frac{2|ad-bc|}{\sqrt{(a+c)^2+(b+d)^2}}\geq \sqrt{a^2+b^2}+\sqrt{c^2+d^2} \geq \sqrt{(a+c)^2+(b+d)^2}</math></center>
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Difference between revisions of "Triangle Inequality"

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Problems

Introductory Problems

Olympiad Problems

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