Given a triangle A B C with side lengths 1 3 , 1 4 , 1 5 , cos A + cos B + cos C can be expressed as n m where m , n are relatively prime. Find m + n .
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Recall the relation cos A + cos B + cos C = 1 + R r .
You know that the area is 8 4 through right triangles or heron's formula.
Thus you can find r , R through r s = K R = 4 K a b c
Simplifying, you get that r = 4 and R = 8 6 5 Therefore, the expression is 6 5 9 7 ⟹ 9 7 + 6 5 = 1 6 2
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This can be easily attacked via the sum of three Law-of-Cosine terms. Just utilize the three given side lengths, which one ends up with 6 5 9 7 as the result.