Problem

Source: Czech-Polish-Slovak Match 2014 day 1 P1

Tags: Trigonometric Equations, polynomial equation, Triangle, geometry



Prove that if the positive real numbers $a, b, c$ satisfy the equation \[a^4 + b^4 + c^4 + 4a^2b^2c^2 = 2 (a^2b^2 + a^2c^2 + b^2c^2),\]then there is a triangle $ABC$ with internal angles $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$ such that \[\sin \alpha = a, \qquad \sin \beta = b, \qquad \sin \gamma= c.\]