Favorite problem: Serbian mathematical competition 2018 - Republic level, year 1, B category

Geometry Level 1

Does there exist a triangle such that its circumcircle's radius is 2018, and it can be fit into a circle of radius 60?

No Yes

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Uros Stojkovic
May 22, 2018

My quick reasoning:

By law of sine, we have a sin θ = 2 R \dfrac{a}{\sin{\theta}} = 2R or generally R a sin θ R \propto \dfrac{a}{\sin{\theta}} , where R R is circumcircle's radius, a a is the longest side of triangle and θ \theta corresponding angle. Taking the limit: lim θ π R = lim θ π a sin θ = . \lim_{\theta \to \pi}R = \lim_{\theta \to \pi}\dfrac{a}{\sin{\theta}} = \infty. So as R R goes to infinity, at some point it will certainly cross 2018 2018 . This is kind of intuitive since if θ = π \theta = \pi then triangle comes down to a line, and circumcircle should pass through each of 3 points, which is impossible. This is true for all values of a a , until a a starts approaching zero, when the limit is not clear.

Am I right?

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