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Geometry Difficulty 4.4 AIME Prove it Baltic Way

Problem:
Let AA, BB, CC be the angles of an acute-angled triangle. Prove the inequality
sinA+sinB>cosA+cosB+cosC sin A + \sin B > \cos A + \cos B + \cos C

Solution

Solution:
In an acute-angled triangle we have A+B>π2A + B > \frac{\pi}{2}. Hence we have sinA>sin(π2B)=cosB\sin A > \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - B\right) = \cos B and sinB>cosA\sin B > \cos A. Using these inequalities we get (1sinA)(1sinB)<(1cosA)(1cosB)(1 - \sin A)(1 - \sin B) < (1 - \cos A)(1 - \cos B) and
sinA+sinB>cosA+cosBcosAcosB+sinAsinB=cosA+cosBcos(A+B)=cosA+cosB+cosC \begin{aligned} \sin A + \sin B &> \cos A + \cos B - \cos A \cos B + \sin A \sin B \\ &= \cos A + \cos B - \cos (A + B) = \cos A + \cos B + \cos C \end{aligned}

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