For each side of a given polygon, divide its length by the total length of all other sides. Prove that the sum of all the fractions obtained is less than $2$.
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21.05.2010 09:48
In general, for an $n$-gon, we have $\dfrac {n} {n-1} \leq \sum_{i=1}^n \dfrac {a_i} {s - a_i}< 2$. The left inequality comes from Jensen's, with equality for an equilateral polygon; the right inequality is proven as above, with equality only reached for a degenerated polygon (but we can come as close to $2$ as wanted).
03.02.2012 07:05
the left inequality can be also proved by Cauchy directly. for the right side,by $a_{i}\le\ s-a_{i}$,we have that $\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{a_{i}}{s-a_{i}}\le\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{2a_{i}}{s}=2$
09.06.2013 17:10
let the polygon be $n$ sided and the sides be $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$ let $t_{i}=\frac{a_{i}}{a_{1}+....+a_{i-1}+a_{i+1}+....+a_{n}}$ note that , the sum of any (n-1) side lengths is greater than the remaining side length. so , $t_{i} <\frac{2a_{i}}{a_{1}+....+a_{n}}$ and the rest is trivial