Maths Olympiad Prep

Track / Stage 6 / 245 of 400 #1245 of 1964

Problem 1245

National olympiad, first round
Geometry Difficulty 6.3 Find the answer

Let ABC ABC be a triangle with circumradius R R, perimeter P P and area K K. Determine the maximum value of: KPR3 \frac{KP}{R^3}.

A number or a short expression. Spacing and $ signs are ignored.

Official solution

1. **Establishing the inequality 33RP3\sqrt{3}R \ge P:**
- We start by noting that the perimeter PP of the triangle can be expressed in terms of the sides a,b,ca, b, c as P=a+b+cP = a + b + c.
- Using the sine rule, we have a=2RsinAa = 2R \sin A, b=2RsinBb = 2R \sin B, and c=2RsinCc = 2R \sin C.
- Therefore, P=2R(sinA+sinB+sinC)P = 2R (\sin A + \sin B + \sin C).
- To show 33RP3\sqrt{3}R \ge P, it suffices to show that sinA+sinB+sinC332\sin A + \sin B + \sin C \le \frac{3\sqrt{3}}{2}.
- By Jensen's Inequality for the concave function sinx\sin x on [0,π][0, \pi], we have:
sinA+sinB+sinC3sin(A+B+C3)=3sin(π3)=332=332. \sin A + \sin B + \sin C \le 3 \sin \left(\frac{A + B + C}{3}\right) = 3 \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{3}\right) = 3 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} = \frac{3\sqrt{3}}{2}.
- Thus, P33RP \le 3\sqrt{3}R.

2. **Relating KPKP and RR:**
- The area KK of the triangle can be expressed using Heron's formula or the formula K=abc4RK = \frac{abc}{4R}.
- We need to show that:
43KP=3abcPR9abc. 4\sqrt{3}KP = \frac{\sqrt{3}abcP}{R} \le 9abc.
- Given P33RP \le 3\sqrt{3}R, we can write:
3abcPR3abc33RR=9abc. \frac{\sqrt{3}abcP}{R} \le \frac{\sqrt{3}abc \cdot 3\sqrt{3}R}{R} = 9abc.
- Therefore, 43KP9abc4\sqrt{3}KP \le 9abc, which simplifies to:
KP9abc43. KP \le \frac{9abc}{4\sqrt{3}}.

3. **Maximizing KPR3\frac{KP}{R^3}:**
- We need to show that:
KPR3274. \frac{KP}{R^3} \le \frac{27}{4}.
- From the previous step, we have:
KP9abc43. KP \le \frac{9abc}{4\sqrt{3}}.
- Also, using the inequality 33RP3\sqrt{3}R \ge P, we get:
1R333abc. \frac{1}{R^3} \le \frac{3\sqrt{3}}{abc}.
- Combining these, we have:
KPR39abc4333abc=274. \frac{KP}{R^3} \le \frac{9abc}{4\sqrt{3}} \cdot \frac{3\sqrt{3}}{abc} = \frac{27}{4}.

The final answer is 274\boxed{\frac{27}{4}}.

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