Does there exist a triangle such that its circumcircle's radius is 2018, and it can be fit into a circle of radius 60?
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My quick reasoning:
By law of sine, we have sin θ a = 2 R or generally R ∝ sin θ a , where R is circumcircle's radius, a is the longest side of triangle and θ corresponding angle. Taking the limit: θ → π lim R = θ → π lim sin θ a = ∞ . So as R goes to infinity, at some point it will certainly cross 2 0 1 8 . This is kind of intuitive since if θ = π 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 , until a starts approaching zero, when the limit is not clear.
Am I right?