Question 6

Maths Question: 

$\begin{align}  & \text{If }A,B,C\text{ are angles of a triangle show that } \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=4\cos \tfrac{A}{2}\cos \tfrac{B}{2}\cos \tfrac{C}{2} \\\end{align}$

Maths Solution: 

$\begin{align}  & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=2\sin \tfrac{A+B}{2}\cos \tfrac{A-B}{2}+\sin C \\ & \text{Note: }A+B=\pi -C \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=2\sin \tfrac{\pi -C}{2\grave{\ }}\cos \tfrac{A-B}{2}+\sin C \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=2\sin (\tfrac{\pi }{2\grave{\ }}-\tfrac{C}{2})\cos \tfrac{A-B}{2}+\sin C \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=2\cos (\tfrac{C}{2})\cos \tfrac{A-B}{2}+\sin C \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=2\cos (\tfrac{C}{2})\cos \tfrac{A-B}{2}+2\sin \tfrac{C}{2}\cos \tfrac{C}{2} \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=2\cos \tfrac{C}{2}\left[ \cos \tfrac{A-B}{2}+\sin \tfrac{C}{2} \right] \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=2\cos \tfrac{C}{2}\left[ \cos \tfrac{A-B}{2}+\sin \tfrac{\pi -(A+B)}{2} \right] \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=2\cos \tfrac{C}{2}\left[ \cos \tfrac{A-B}{2}+\sin (\tfrac{\pi }{2}-\tfrac{A+B}{2}) \right] \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=2\cos \tfrac{C}{2}\left[ \cos \tfrac{A-B}{2}+\cos \tfrac{A+B}{2} \right] \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=2\cos \tfrac{C}{2}\left[ 2\cos \frac{\tfrac{A-B}{2}+\tfrac{A+B}{2}}{2}\cos \frac{\tfrac{A-B}{2}-\tfrac{A+B}{2}}{2} \right] \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=2\cos \frac{C}{2}\left[ -2\cos \frac{A}{2}\cos \frac{-B}{2} \right] \\ & \sin A+\sin B+\sin C=4\cos \frac{A}{2}\cos \frac{B}{2}\cos \frac{C}{2} \\\end{align}$

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