From this problem , we know that there exists a triangle A B C for which its perimeter, area, and circumradius are 20, 18, and 4, respectively.
Without determining any of the side lengths or angles of this same triangle, evaluate the product 1 0 0 tan ( 2 A ) tan ( 2 B ) tan ( 2 C ) .
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Even better than my solution. Thank you.
I used 2 0 / 2 1 8 = s A = r = 4 R ∏ sin ( 2 θ ) and 8 R 3 a b c = ∏ sin ( θ ) to get the value of ∏ cos ( 2 θ ) .
I've added an alternative solution.
From here , we gather that tan ( 2 A ) = s ( s − a ) ( s − b ) ( s − c ) , tan ( 2 B ) = s ( s − b ) ( s − a ) ( s − c ) , tan ( 2 C ) = s ( s − c ) ( s − a ) ( s − b )
where s is the semiperimeter.
Let P denote the product in question, then ( 1 0 0 P ) 2 0 0 0 0 0 P = = = = = = tan 2 ( 2 A ) tan 2 ( 2 B ) tan 2 ( 2 C ) s ( s − a ) ( s − b ) ( s − c ) ⋅ s ( s − b ) ( s − a ) ( s − c ) ⋅ s ( s − c ) ( s − a ) ( s − b ) s 3 ( s − a ) ( s − b ) ( s − c ) s 4 s ( s − a ) ( s − b ) ( s − c ) 1 0 4 1 8 2 1 8
The penultimate step follows from Heron's formula .
I did it a bit differently:P
From the previous problem's solutions I got to know that the side lengths are : 5 3 9 . 5 6 , 5 2 8 . 4 4 , 5 3 2
Looking closely at them I realised that the angles should not vary much from one another
Assuming that their values vary by 5°,
And since A+B+C=180°(by angle sum property of a triangle)
I found the values 5 5 , 6 0 , 6 5 to work
Then I used the calculator to calculate the values of 2 t a n 5 5 ° , 2 t a n 6 5 °
Bcz I knew that tan30°= √ 3 1
And after multiplying these values I got, 18.6-18.9≈ 1 8 ,which is the correct answer:)
Alternate approach as suggested by @Pi Han Goh :
diagram
Using the law of cotangents,
s − a cot ( 2 α ) = s − b cot ( 2 β ) = s − c cot ( 2 γ ) = r 1
tan 2 A = s − a r
tan 2 B = s − b r
tan 2 C = s − c r
Where r is the circumradius= 4 and s is the semi-perimeter=10 Plugging in the values of s ,r ,a ,b ,and c we get,
tan 2 A = 5 0 − 3 9 . 5 6 2 0
tan 2 B = 5 0 − 2 8 . 4 4 2 0
tan 2 C = 5 0 − 3 2 2 0
= > tan 2 A = 1 . 9 1 7 1 2 2 7 8
= > tan 2 B = 0 . 9 2 7 3 5 2 1 5 9
= > tan 2 C = 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1
If you already got the three sides lengths, you can use this instead to get the exact answer.
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Let a , b , c be the three sides of the triangle and R its circumradius. Denote the requested product by P .
In this solution we will use the following trigonometric identities:
Here we go: P = 1 0 0 ( cos 2 A cos 2 B cos 2 C ) 2 ( sin 2 A cos 2 A ) ( sin 2 B cos 2 B ) ( sin 2 C cos 2 C ) = 1 0 0 1 6 1 ( sin A + sin B + sin C ) 2 ( 2 1 sin A ) ( 2 1 sin B ) ( 2 1 sin C ) = 1 0 0 1 6 1 ( 2 R a + 2 R b + 2 R c ) 2 8 1 ( 2 R a ) ( 2 R b ) ( 2 R c ) = 1 0 0 ( 2 R a + b + c ) 2 2 2 R 2 1 4 R a b c = 1 0 0 4 R 2 ( P e r i m e t e r of A B C ) 2 R 2 1 [ A r e a of A B C ] = 4 0 0 2 0 2 1 8 = 1 8
Note : In fact the value of the circumradius is not needed.
Proof of ( 1 ) sin A + sin B + sin C = 2 sin 2 A + B cos 2 A − B + 2 sin 2 C cos 2 C = 2 cos 2 C cos 2 A − B + 2 cos 2 A + B cos 2 C = 2 cos 2 C ( cos 2 A − B + cos 2 A + B ) = 2 cos 2 C ⎝ ⎜ ⎛ 2 cos 2 2 A − B + 2 A + B cos 2 2 A − B − 2 A + B ⎠ ⎟ ⎞ = 4 cos 2 A cos 2 B cos 2 C