Problem

Source: JBMO Shortlist 2013, G5

Tags: geometry, geometric inequality



A circle passing through the midpoint $M$ of the side $BC$ and the vertex $A$ of the triangle $ABC$ intersects the segments $AB$ and $AC$ for the second time in the points $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Prove that if $\angle BAC=60^{\circ}$, then $AP+AQ+PQ<AB+AC+\frac{1}{2} BC$.