7. (HUN 5) Prove that the product of the radii of three circles exscribed to a given triangle does not exceed times the product of the side lengths of the triangle. When does equality hold?
Solution
7. Let denote the radii of the exscribed circles corresponding to the sides of lengths respectively, and and denote the circumradius, semiperimeter, and area of the given triangle. It is well-known that . Hence, the desired inequality reduces to , which is by the law of sines equivalent to
This inequality immediately follows from Jensen's inequality, since the sine is concave on . Equality holds if and only if the triangle is equilateral.
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