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HMMT Team 2019/3: Trig ineq with one degree of freedom
HMMT Team 2019/3: Trig ineq with one degree of freedom
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February 17, 2019
HMMT
trigonometry
algebra
Problem Statement
For any angle
0
<
θ
<
π
/
2
0 < \theta < \pi/2
0
<
θ
<
π
/2
, show that
0
<
sin
θ
+
cos
θ
+
tan
θ
+
cot
θ
−
sec
θ
−
csc
θ
<
1.
0 < \sin \theta + \cos \theta + \tan \theta + \cot \theta - \sec \theta - \csc \theta < 1.
0
<
sin
θ
+
cos
θ
+
tan
θ
+
cot
θ
−
sec
θ
−
csc
θ
<
1.
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