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Algebra Difficulty 6.0 National Olympiad Prove it United Kingdom

The angles AA, BB and CC of a triangle are measured in degrees, and the lengths of the opposite sides are aa, bb and cc respectively. Prove that
60aA+bB+cCa+b+c<90.60 \le \frac{aA + bB + cC}{a+b+c} < 90.

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