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Geometry Difficulty 4.4 AIME Prove it Baltic Way

Problem:
Let $A$ , $B$ , $C$ be the angles of an acute-angled triangle. Prove the inequality
$sin A + \sin B > \cos A + \cos B + \cos C$

Solution

Solution:
In an acute-angled triangle we have $A + B > \frac{\pi}{2}$ . Hence we have $\sin A > \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - B\right) = \cos B$ and $\sin B > \cos A$ . Using these inequalities we get $(1 - \sin A)(1 - \sin B) < (1 - \cos A)(1 - \cos B)$ and
$\begin{aligned} \sin A + \sin B &> \cos A + \cos B - \cos A \cos B + \sin A \sin B \\ &= \cos A + \cos B - \cos (A + B) = \cos A + \cos B + \cos C \end{aligned}$

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