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Geometric Inequality

Source: IMO Shortlist 1996

September 29, 2006
inequalitiesgeometrycircumcircletrigonometrytrig identitiesIMO ShortlistTriangle

Problem Statement

Let ABCABC be an acute triangle with circumcenter OO and circumradius RR. AOAO meets the circumcircle of BOCBOC at AA', BOBO meets the circumcircle of COACOA at BB' and COCO meets the circumcircle of AOBAOB at CC'. Prove that OAOBOC8R3.OA'\cdot OB'\cdot OC'\geq 8R^{3}. Sorry if this has been posted before since this is a very classical problem, but I failed to find it with the search-function.