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Geometry Level 3

tan 2 A 2 + tan 2 B 2 + tan 2 C 2 \large \tan^2 \dfrac{A}{2} + \tan^2 \dfrac{B}{2} + \tan^2 \dfrac{C}{2}

If A A , B B and C C are the angles of a triangle, find the minimum value of the expression above.


The answer is 1.

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3 solutions

Ankit Kumar Jain
Apr 19, 2017

Call A 2 = x , B 2 = y , C 2 = z \dfrac{A}2 = x , \dfrac{B}2 = y , \dfrac{C}2 = z

x + y + z = 90 x+y+z = 90

tan ( x + y ) = tan ( 90 z ) \tan(x+y) = \tan(90-z)

tan ( x ) + t a n ( y ) 1 tan ( x ) tan ( y ) = 1 tan ( z ) \dfrac{\tan(x) + tan(y)}{1-\tan(x)\tan(y)} = \dfrac1{\tan(z)}

tan ( x ) tan ( y ) + tan ( x ) tan ( z ) + tan ( y ) tan ( z ) = 1 \tan(x)\tan(y)+\tan(x)\tan(z)+\tan(y)\tan(z) = 1


By AM-GM Inequality ,

tan 2 ( x ) + tan 2 ( y ) + tan 2 ( z ) tan ( x ) tan ( y ) + tan ( x ) tan ( z ) + tan ( y ) tan ( z ) = 1 \tan^2(x) + \tan^2(y) + \tan^2(z) \geq \tan(x)\tan(y)+\tan(x)\tan(z)+\tan(y)\tan(z) = 1

Equality holds when tan ( x ) = tan ( y ) = tan ( z ) A = B = C = 6 0 \tan(x) = \tan(y) = \tan(z) \Rightarrow A=B=C=60^{\circ}

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Rahil Sehgal - 4 years, 1 month ago

Thanks!! :) :)

Ankit Kumar Jain - 4 years, 1 month ago

That was a good question...Was that your own?

Ankit Kumar Jain - 4 years, 1 month ago

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Nahi yaar...

But I have also created something of that sort... Will upload it tomorrow. :)

Rahil Sehgal - 4 years, 1 month ago

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Looking forward to it

Ankit Kumar Jain - 4 years, 1 month ago

How did you solve this?/ 3+4=7 the one which I posted just now? I wanted to know a good solution to it.

Ankit Kumar Jain - 4 years, 1 month ago

Apply Jensen's inequality on the convex function f ( x ) = t a n 2 ( x ) f(x)=tan^2(x) in (0,π/2) taking the positive multipliers equal to 1/3. Answer directly follows.

Md Zuhair
Apr 18, 2017

What I did was we kniw minimum occurs when A=B=C. Si A=B=C=60 (equality occurs here)

So putting values we get 1

why does the minimum occur when A=B=C?any proof?

Ayush G Rai - 4 years, 1 month ago

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@Ayush Rai Hope my solution fixes the issue.:) :)

Ankit Kumar Jain - 4 years, 1 month ago

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yup. good solution.

Ayush G Rai - 4 years, 1 month ago

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@Ayush G Rai @Ayush Rai Thanks :) :)

Ankit Kumar Jain - 4 years, 1 month ago

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