Solving equation

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given a , b , c a,b,c are positive real numbers such that a 2 + a b + b 2 3 = 25 a^{2} + ab +\frac{b^{2}}{3}=25 and b 2 3 + c 2 = 9 \frac{b^{2}}{3}+c^{2}=9 and c 2 + c a + a 2 = 16 c^{2}+ca+a^{2}=16 find out the value of a b + 2 b c + 3 c a 3 \displaystyle\frac{ab+2bc+3ca}{\sqrt{3}}


The answer is 24.

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Let D D be a point inside a triangle A B C \triangle {ABC} such that

D A = a , D B = b 3 , D C = c , A B = 5 , B C = 3 , C A = 4 , A D B = 150 ° , B D C = 90 ° , C D A = 120 ° |\overline {DA}|=a, |\overline {DB}|=\dfrac{b}{\sqrt 3}, |\overline {DC}|=c, |\overline {AB}|=5, |\overline {BC}|=3, |\overline {CA}|=4, \angle {ADB}=150\degree, \angle {BDC}=90\degree, \angle {CDA}=120\degree .

Then a , b , c a, b, c satisfy the given equations.

Then the sum of the areas of D A B , D B C , D C A \triangle {DAB}, \triangle {DBC}, \triangle {DCA} is the area of A B C \triangle {ABC} . That is,

1 2 ( a c sin 120 ° + a b 3 sin 150 ° + b c 3 sin 90 ° ) = 1 2 × 3 × 4 a b + 2 b c + 3 c a 3 = 24 \dfrac{1}{2}\left (ac\sin 120\degree+\frac{ab}{\sqrt 3}\sin 150\degree+\frac{bc}{\sqrt 3}\sin 90\degree\right )=\dfrac{1}{2}\times 3\times 4\implies \dfrac{ab+2bc+3ca}{\sqrt 3}=\boxed {24} .

By what way you clicked the geometrical analogy. I spent around an hour for calculation but even I didn't able to solve the problem. In my calc, I got struck in a 8 degree polynomial with variable a and the value of constant was 2^24. Please give me some tips about your intuition regarding the solution. Hope,I may get result soon.

Pradeep Tripathi - 1 year, 1 month ago

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See the shapes of the equations given. Compare with the cosine rule of triangles. That is the key.

A Former Brilliant Member - 1 year, 1 month ago

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