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The area $T$ and an angle $\gamma$ of a triangle are given. Determine the lengths of the sides $a$ and $b$ so that the side $c$, opposite the angle $\gamma$, is as short as possible.
In triangle $ABC$, points $K ,P$ are chosen on the side $AB$ so that $AK = BL$, and points $M,N$ are chosen on the side $BC$ so that $CN = BM$. Prove that $KN + LM \ge AC$. (I. Bogdanov)
Let $A$ be the sum of all $10$ distinct products of the sides of a convex pentagon, $S$ be the area of the pentagon. a) Prove thas $S \le \frac15 A$. b) Does there exist a constant $c<\frac15$ such that $S \le cA$ ? I.Voronovich
For a convex hexagon $AHSIMC$ whose side lengths are all $1$, let $Z$ and $z$ be the maximum and minimum values, respectively, of the three diagonals $AI$, $HM$, and $SC$. If $\sqrt{x}\le Z \le \sqrt{y} $ and $\sqrt{q}\le z \le \sqrt{r} $ , find the product $qrxy$, if $q$,$ r$, $x$, and $y$ are all integers.
$a, b$ and $c$ are sides of a triangle, and $\gamma$ is its angle opposite $c$. Prove that $c \ge (a + b) \sin \frac{\gamma}{2}$ (V. Prasolov )
Given a triangle $ \,ABC,\,$ let $ \,I\,$ be the center of its inscribed circle. The internal bisectors of the angles $ \,A,B,C\,$ meet the opposite sides in $ \,A^{\prime },B^{\prime },C^{\prime }\,$ respectively. Prove that \[ \frac {1}{4} < \frac {AI\cdot BI\cdot CI}{AA^{\prime }\cdot BB^{\prime }\cdot CC^{\prime }} \leq \frac {8}{27}. \]
Prove that $d^2+(a-b)^2<c^2$ ,where $d$ is diameter of the inscribed circle of $\vartriangle ABC$
Inside the triangle $ABC$ a point $M$ is given . Find the points $P,Q$ and $R$ lying on the sides $AB,BC$ and $AC$ respectively and such so that the sum $MP+PQ+QR+RM$ is the smallest.
In the tetrahedron $ABCD,\angle BDC=90^o$ and the foot of the perpendicular from $D$ to $ABC$ is the intersection of the altitudes of $ABC$. Prove that: \[ (AB+BC+CA)^2\le6(AD^2+BD^2+CD^2). \] When do we have equality?
a) Let $a,b$ and $c$ be side lengths of a triangle with perimeter $4$. Show that \[a^2+b^2+c^2+abc<8.\] b) Is there a real number $d<8$ such that for all triangles with perimeter $4$ we have \[a^2+b^2+c^2+abc<d \quad\] where $a,b$ and $c$ are the side lengths of the triangle?
Denote an acute-angle $\vartriangle ABC $ with sides $a, b, c $ respectively by ${{H}_{a}}, {{H}_{b}}, {{H}_{c}} $ the feet of altitudes ${{h}_{a}}, {{h}_{b}}, {{h}_{c}} $. Prove the inequality: $$\frac {h_ {a} ^{2}} {{{a} ^{2}} - CH_ {a} ^{2}} + \frac{h_{b} ^{2}} {{{ b}^{2}} - AH_{b} ^{2}} + \frac{h_{c}^{2}}{{{c}^{2}} - BH_{c}^{2}} \ge 3 $$ (Dmitry Petrovsky)
Consider three circles $\Gamma_1$, $\Gamma_2$, and $\Gamma_3$, with centres $O_1$, $O_2$ and $O_3$, respectively, such that each pair of circles is externally tangent. Suppose we have another circle $\Gamma$ with centre $O$ on the line segment $O_1O_3$ such that $\Gamma_1$, $\Gamma_2$ and $\Gamma_3$ are each internally tangent to $\Gamma$. Show that $\angle O_1O_2O_3$ measures less than $90^\circ$.
Let $ABC$ be the triangle in which $AB> AC$. Circle $\omega_a$ touches the segment of the $BC$ at point $D$, the extension of the segment $AB$ towards point $B$ at the point $F$, and the extension of the segment $AC$ towards point $C$ at the point $E$. The ray $AD$ intersects circle $\omega_a$ for second time at point $M$. Denote the circle circumscribed around the triangle $CDM$ by $\omega$. Circle $\omega$ intersects the segment $DF$ at N. Prove that $FN > ND$.
In the plane, there are $n \geqslant 6$ pairwise disjoint disks $D_{1}, D_{2}, \ldots, D_{n}$ with radii $R_{1} \geqslant R_{2} \geqslant \ldots \geqslant R_{n}$. For every $i=1,2, \ldots, n$, a point $P_{i}$ is chosen in disk $D_{i}$. Let $O$ be an arbitrary point in the plane. Prove that \[O P_{1}+O P_{2}+\ldots+O P_{n} \geqslant R_{6}+R_{7}+\ldots+R_{n}.\] (A disk is assumed to contain its boundary.)
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle such that $AB<AC$ and $AB<BC$. Let $P$ be a point on the segment $BC$ such that $\angle APB = \angle BAC$. The tangent to the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ at $A$ meets the circumcircle of triangle $APB$ at $Q \neq A$. Let $Q'$ be the reflection of $Q$ with respect to the midpoint of $AB$. The line $PQ$ meets the segment $AQ'$ at $S$. Prove that $$\frac{1}{AB}+\frac{1}{AC} > \frac{1}{CS}.$$ [i]Authored by Nikola Velov[/i]
Given four straight lines, $m_1, m_2, m_3, m_4$, intersecting at $O$ and numbered clockwise with $O$ as the center of the clock, we draw a line through an arbitrary point $A_1$ on $m_1$ parallel to $m_4$ until the line meets $m_2$ at $A_2$. We draw a line through $A_2$ parallel to $m_1$ until it meets $m_3$ at $A_3$. We also draw a line through $A_3$ parallel to $m_2$ until it meets $m_4$ at $A_4$. Now, we draw a line through$ A_4$ parallel to $m_3$ until it meets $m_1$ at $B$. Prove that a) $OB< \frac{OA_1}{2}$ . b) $OB \le \frac{OA_1}{4}$ . [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/5/f/5ea08453605e02e7e1253fd7c74065a9ffbd8e.png[/img]
Two points $X, Y$ lie on the arc $BC$ of the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$ (this arc does not contain $A$) such that $\angle BAX = \angle CAY$ . Let $M$ denotes the midpoint of the chord $AX$ . Show that $BM +CM > AY$ . by Mahan Tajrobekar
Consider a line $ \ell $ in the plane and let $ B_1, B_2, B_3 $ be different points in $ \ell$. Let $ A $ be a point that is not in $ \ell$. Show that there is $ P, Q $ in $ {B_1, B_2, B_3} $ with $ P \ne Q $ so that the distance from $ A $ to $ \ell$ is greater than the distance from $ P $ to the line that passes through $ A $ and $ Q $.
Do there exist points $A, B, C, D$ in space, such that $AB = CD = 8, AC = BD = 10$, and $AD = BC = 13$?
On a circle $\omega$ with center O and radius $r$ three different points $A, B$ and $C$ are chosen. Let $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ be the circles that pass through $A$ and are tangent to line $BC$ at points $B$ and $C$, respectively. (a) Show that the product of the areas of $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ is independent of the choice of the points $A, B$ and $C$. (b) Determine the minimum value that the sum of the areas of $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ can take and for what configurations of points $A, B$ and $C$ on $\omega$ this minimum value is reached.
Consider a cyclic quadrilateral such that the midpoints of its sides form another cyclic quadrilateral. Prove that the area of the smaller circle is less than or equal to half the area of the bigger circle
Prove that $a^2pq + b^2qr + c^2rp \le 0$, whenever $a, b$ and $c$ are the lengths of the sides of a triangle and $p + q + r = 0$ . ( J. Mustafaev , year 12 student, Baku)
A convex pentagon $P $ is divided by all its diagonals into ten triangles and one smaller pentagon $P'$. Let $N$ be the sum of areas of five triangles adjacent to the sides of $P$ decreased by the area of $P'$. The same operations are performed with the pentagon $P'$, let $N'$ be the similar difference calculated for this pentagon. Prove that $N > N'$. (A.Belov)
Assign to each side $b$ of a convex polygon $P$ the maximum area of a triangle that has $b$ as a side and is contained in $P$. Show that the sum of the areas assigned to the sides of $P$ is at least twice the area of $P$.