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Algebra Difficulty 6.7 National olympiad Prove it

28 Let AA, BB, CC be the three interior angles of a triangle, prove that:
sin3A+sin3B+sin3C323\sin 3A + \sin 3B + \sin 3C \leqslant \frac{3}{2} \sqrt{3}

Solution

28. Let A60A \geqslant 60^{\circ}, then B+C18060=120B+C \leqslant 180^{\circ}-60^{\circ}=120^{\circ}. sin3A+sin3B+sin3C=sin3A+2sin32(B+C)cos32(BC)sin3A+2sin32(B+C)\sin 3 A+\sin 3 B+\sin 3 C=\sin 3 A+2 \sin \frac{3}{2}(B+C) \cos \frac{3}{2}(B-C) \leqslant \sin 3 A+2 \sin \frac{3}{2}(B+C). Let α=32(B+C)\alpha=\frac{3}{2}(B+C), then 0α1800 \leqslant \alpha \leqslant 180^{\circ}, and A=180(B+C)=18023αA=180^{\circ}-(B+C)=180^{\circ}-\frac{2}{3} \alpha. Therefore, sin3A+sin3B+sin3Csin(3×1802α)+2sinα=sin2α+2sinα=2sinα(1+cosα)=8sinα2cos3α2\sin 3 A+\sin 3 B+\sin 3 C \leqslant \sin \left(3 \times 180^{\circ}-2 \alpha\right)+2 \sin \alpha=\sin 2 \alpha+2 \sin \alpha=2 \sin \alpha(1+\cos \alpha)=8 \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} \cos ^{3} \frac{\alpha}{2}. By the AM-GM inequality, we get sinα2cos3α2=sin2α2cos6α2=133sin2α2cos6α213[3sin2α2+cos2α2+cos2α2+cos2α24]43316\sin \frac{\alpha}{2} \cos ^{3} \frac{\alpha}{2}=\sqrt{\sin ^{2} \frac{\alpha}{2} \cos ^{6} \frac{\alpha}{2}}=\sqrt{\frac{1}{3} \cdot 3 \sin ^{2} \frac{\alpha}{2} \cos ^{6} \frac{\alpha}{2}} \leqslant \sqrt{\frac{1}{3}\left[\frac{3 \sin ^{2} \frac{\alpha}{2}+\cos ^{2} \frac{\alpha}{2}+\cos ^{2} \frac{\alpha}{2}+\cos ^{2} \frac{\alpha}{2}}{4}\right]^{4}} \leqslant \frac{3 \sqrt{3}}{16}. Therefore, sin3A+sin3B+sin3C323\sin 3 A+\sin 3 B+\sin 3 C \leqslant \frac{3}{2} \sqrt{3}, and equality holds if and only if A=140,B=C=20A=140^{\circ}, B=C=20^{\circ}.

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