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Sides of a triangle inscribed in a circle subtend central angles ,,, with ++=2. Find the minimum arithmetic mean of cos(+/2), cos(+/2), cos(+/2).

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The mean is -[sin +sin +sin ]/3. For ++=2, sin +sin +sin =4sin(/2)sin(/2)sin(/2). The product of three sines with positive half-angles summing is at most (/2)³, equality ===2/3. Minimum is -(4/3)(/2)³=-/2.

Stream:JEESubject:MathematicsTopic:Properties of TriangleSubtopic:General (basic formula based)
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