Let be a triangle. The points , , and lie on the segments , , and , respectively, such that the lines , , and intersect in a common point. Prove that it is possible to choose two of the triangles , , and whose inradii sum up to at least the inradius of the triangle .
Solution
Denote
By Ceva's theorem, , so we may, without loss of generality, assume that . Then at least one of the numbers or is not greater than . Therefore at least one of the pairs , has its first component not less than and the second one not greater than . Without loss of generality, assume that and .
Therefore, we obtain and , or equivalently
The first inequality implies that the line passing through and parallel to intersects the segment at a point (see Figure 1). Therefore the inradius of the triangle is not less than the inradius of triangle .
Similarly, the line passing through and parallel to intersects the segment at a point , so the inradius of the triangle is not less than the inradius of the triangle . Thus, to complete our solution, it is enough to show that , where is the inradius of the triangle . We prove that in fact .

Figure 1
Since , the dilation with centre that takes to takes the incircle of the triangle to the incircle of the triangle . Therefore
Adding these equalities gives , as required.