Area of a triangle with side lengths a , b , c is 4 9 3 .
Also a 2 + b 2 + c 2 = 2 7 .
Find value of a + b + c a b c
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@Harsh Shrivastava The answer is easily guessable. I recommend you to change a − b + c to something like a + b + c a b c which would give value 3 .
@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 sin A cos A ⇒ b 2 + c 2 − a 2 = 4 [ A B C ] cot A .
Similarly obtain for cot B , cot C and sum them to get it.
since 27 is an odd number so a 2 , b 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 2 3 3
so 3 is our number and also our answer
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In Δ A B C , we know the following identity:
c y c ∑ cot A = 4 [ A B C ] c y c ∑ a 2 ⇒ c y c ∑ cot A = 4 × 4 9 3 2 7 ⇒ c y c ∑ cot A = 9 3 2 7 = 3 3 ⇒ c y c ∑ cot A = 3
But in Δ A B C , the following inequality holds : c y c ∑ cot A ≥ 3 and equality if and only if Δ A B C is equilateral ⇒ a = b = c .
Thus , a 2 + a 2 + a 2 = 2 7 ⇒ 3 a 2 = 2 7 ⇒ a 2 = 9 ⇒ a = b = c = 3
Thus , a + b + c a b c = 3 + 3 + 3 3 × 3 × 3 = 9 2 7 = 3