Prove that if in a triangle ABC we have the following equality that holds
2cosAcosBcosC+cosAcosB+cosBcosC+cosCcosA=1
then the triangle will be an equilateral triangle.
In any triangle ABC, we have the following equality that holds:
1−2cosAcosBcosC=cos2A+cos2B+cos2C
This turns the given equality to become
cos2A+cos2B+cos2C=1−2cosAcosBcosC=cosAcosB+cosBcosC+cosCcosA
For
any angle where 0<A,B,C<180∘, the relation cosA>cosB>cosC must hold, Now, by applying the rearrangement
inequality on cos2A+cos2B+cos2C leads to:
cos2A+cos2B+cos2C≥cosAcosB+cosBcosC+cosCcosA,
equality occurs iff cosA=cosB=cosC, i.e. A=B=C, when that
triangle is equilateral, and we're hence done with the proof.
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