Let be a triangle. Points lie on segments respectively, such that the three lines meet at a single point.
Prove that one can select two out of the three triangles such that the sum of their inradii is greater than or equal to the inradius of triangle .
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Solution
Denote
By Ceva's theorem we know . Hence without loss of generality we may assume . Then at least one of is not greater than 1. Therefore, among the two pairs , at least one pair has its first number not less than 1 and its second number not greater than 1. Without loss of generality, assume further that and .
From this we obtain and , that is,
The first inequality above tells us that: the line through parallel to meets segment AL at a point . Therefore, the inradius of triangle is not less than the inradius of triangle .
Similarly, the second inequality indicates that: the line through parallel to meets segment BK at a point , so the inradius of triangle is not less than the inradius of triangle . To complete the proof, it suffices to show that , where is the inradius of triangle . In fact, we will prove that: .

Since , the homothety centered at that sends to will send the incircle of triangle to the incircle of triangle . Hence we have
Similarly we obtain
Adding these two equations gives the desired result.