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Geometry Level 2

Area of a triangle with side lengths a , b , c a,b,c is 9 4 3 \dfrac{9}{4} \sqrt{3} .

Also a 2 + b 2 + c 2 = 27 a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 27 .

Find value of a b c a + b + c \dfrac{abc}{a+b+c}


The answer is 3.

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Nihar Mahajan
Sep 8, 2015

In Δ A B C \Delta ABC , we know the following identity:

c y c cot A = c y c a 2 4 [ A B C ] c y c cot A = 27 4 × 9 3 4 c y c cot A = 27 9 3 = 3 3 c y c cot A = 3 \displaystyle \sum_{cyc} \cot A = \dfrac{\displaystyle\sum_{cyc} a^2}{4[ABC]} \\ \Rightarrow \sum_{cyc} \cot A = \dfrac{27}{4 \times \dfrac{9\sqrt{3}}{4}} \\ \Rightarrow \sum_{cyc} \cot A = \dfrac{27}{9\sqrt{3}} = \dfrac{3}{\sqrt{3}} \\ \Rightarrow \sum_{cyc} \cot A = \sqrt{3}

But in Δ A B C \Delta ABC , the following inequality holds : c y c cot A 3 \displaystyle\sum_{cyc} \cot A \geq \sqrt{3} and equality if and only if Δ A B C \Delta ABC is equilateral a = b = c \Rightarrow a=b=c .

Thus , a 2 + a 2 + a 2 = 27 3 a 2 = 27 a 2 = 9 a = b = c = 3 a^2+a^2+a^2=27 \Rightarrow 3a^2=27 \Rightarrow a^2=9 \Rightarrow a=b=c=3

Thus , a b c a + b + c = 3 × 3 × 3 3 + 3 + 3 = 27 9 = 3 \dfrac{abc}{a+b+c} = \dfrac{3\times 3\times 3}{3+3+3} = \dfrac{27}{9} = \Large\boxed{3}

@Harsh Shrivastava The answer is easily guessable. I recommend you to change a b + c a-b+c to something like a b c a + b + c \dfrac{abc}{a+b+c} which would give value 3 3 .

Nihar Mahajan - 5 years, 9 months ago

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Thanks! Done.

Harsh Shrivastava - 5 years, 9 months ago

@Pi Han Goh and all .How did I get the first equation? By Cosine Rule we have: a 2 = b 2 + c 2 2 b c cos A b 2 + c 2 a 2 = 2 b c sin A cos A sin A b 2 + c 2 a 2 = 4 [ A B C ] cot A a^2=b^2+c^2-2bc\cos A \\ \Rightarrow b^2+c^2-a^2=2bc\sin A \dfrac{\cos A}{\sin A} \\ \Rightarrow b^2+c^2-a^2=4[ABC]\cot A .

Similarly obtain for cot B , cot C \cot B \ , \ \cot C and sum them to get it.

Nihar Mahajan - 5 years, 9 months ago

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THANK YOU~~

Pi Han Goh - 5 years, 9 months ago
Rawan Medhat
Sep 8, 2015

since 27 is an odd number so a 2 a^2 , b 2 b^2 , c 2 c^2 are odd numbers too

the choices we have are: 1 , 3 , 5

now it is clearly that 3 might be our number

so we have equilateral triangle with side length 3

by using our trig we can figure out the height which equal to 3 3 2 \frac{3\sqrt{3} }{2}

so 3 is our number and also our answer

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Triangle's area is obvious. Area of equilateral triangle is (s^2) sqrt(3) / 4
so s=3 = a = b = c

abc / (a+b+c) = s^2 / 3 = 3

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