Find the smallest number for which the following inequality holds in every triangle.
Approximate the value to two decimal places.
is the height that falls on the side a. The same is with and
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Notice that a h a ⋅ b h b ⋅ c h c = sin α ⋅ sin β ⋅ sin γ .
Since sin α , sin β , sin γ > 0 we can use the AM-GM inequality to get that sin α ⋅ sin β ⋅ sin γ ≤ ( 3 sin α + sin β + sin γ ) 3 .
Now since f ( x ) = sin x is concave on the interval ⟨ 0 , π ⟩ we can use Jensen's inequality to conclude that: ( 3 sin α + sin β + sin γ ) 3 ≤ ( sin 3 α + β + γ ) 3 = ( sin 3 π ) 3 = 8 3 3 ≈ 0 . 6 5
Hence the answer is 0.65