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Geometry Difficulty 6.0 AIME, harder Prove it Estonia

Let II be the incenter of triangle ABCABC. Let RAR_A, RBR_B and RCR_C be the radii of the circumcircles of triangles BICBIC, CIACIA and AIBAIB, respectively, and RR be the radius of the circumcircle of triangle ABCABC. Prove that RA+RB+RC3RR_A + R_B + R_C \le 3R.

Solution

Let BC=a|BC| = a, CA=b|CA| = b and AB=c|AB| = c and the angles opposite to those sides be α\alpha, β\beta and γ\gamma, respectively (see fig. 24).

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Figure 24

The law of sines in triangles ABCABC and IBCIBC gives asinα=2R\frac{a}{\sin \alpha} = 2R and asin(β2+γ2)=2RA\frac{a}{\sin \left(\frac{\beta}{2} + \frac{\gamma}{2}\right)} = 2R_A, respectively. As sin(β2+γ2)=sin(90α2)=cosα2\sin\left(\frac{\beta}{2} + \frac{\gamma}{2}\right) = \sin\left(90^\circ - \frac{\alpha}{2}\right) = \cos\frac{\alpha}{2}, we obtain RAR=sinαcosα2=2sinα2\frac{R_A}{R} = \frac{\sin\alpha}{\cos\frac{\alpha}{2}} = 2\sin\frac{\alpha}{2}. Similarly we get RBR=2sinβ2\frac{R_B}{R} = 2\sin\frac{\beta}{2} and RCR=2sinγ2\frac{R_C}{R} = 2\sin\frac{\gamma}{2}.
To solve the problem we need to prove that RAR+RBR+RCR3\frac{R_A}{R} + \frac{R_B}{R} + \frac{R_C}{R} \le 3, or equivalently,
sinα2+sinβ2+sinγ232.(6) \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} + \sin \frac{\beta}{2} + \sin \frac{\gamma}{2} \le \frac{3}{2}. \qquad (6)
Applying Jensen's inequality gives
13(sinα2+sinβ2+sinγ2)sin(α2+β2+γ23)=sin(α+β+γ6)=sinπ6=12, \frac{1}{3} \left( \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} + \sin \frac{\beta}{2} + \sin \frac{\gamma}{2} \right) \le \sin \left( \frac{\frac{\alpha}{2} + \frac{\beta}{2} + \frac{\gamma}{2}}{3} \right) = \sin \left( \frac{\alpha + \beta + \gamma}{6} \right) = \sin \frac{\pi}{6} = \frac{1}{2},
which directly implies the necessary result.

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