In a plane triangle ABC,Find the maximum value of cosA.cosB.cosC
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Thus if any of A, B, and C are not acute then
cosA cosB cosC ≤ 0
so we ignore upper case
Now if they are all acute then we have that cosA, cosB and cosC are all positive.
Thus, by AM-&GM,
we have that
As AM >= GM
(cosA + cosB + cosC)/2 ≥ (cosA cosB cosC)^(1/3)
But we know that cosA + cosB + cosC ≤ 3/2 by problem 1.
Thus (cosA cosB cosC)^1/3 ≤ (3/2)/3 = 1/2
Cubing each side we get
cosA cosB cosC ≤ 1/8
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We can do this since f(x) = x^3 is increasing)
Again, we have equality if the triangle is equilateral.
Thus the maximum value of
cosA cosB cosC is 1/8 :)
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