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The sides of a triangle are sinα,cosα\sin \alpha ,\,\cos \alpha and 1+sinαcosα\sqrt {1 + \sin \alpha \cos \alpha } for some 0<α<π20 < \alpha < {\pi \over 2}. Then the greatest angle of the triangle is :

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Let a=sinα,b=cosαa = \sin \alpha ,b = \cos \alpha and c=1+sinαcosαc = \sqrt {1 + \sin \alpha \cos \alpha } Clearly aa and b<1b < 1 but c>1c > 1 as sinα>0\,\,\,\sin \alpha > 0 and cosα>0\cos \alpha > 0 \therefore cc is the greatest side and greatest angle is CC \therefore cosC=a2+b2c22ab\cos C = {{{a^2} + {b^2} - {c^2}} \over {2ab}} =sin2α+cos2α1sinαcosα2sinαcosα = {{{{\sin }^2}\alpha + {{\cos }^2}\alpha - 1 - \sin \alpha \cos \alpha } \over {2\,\sin \alpha \cos \alpha }} =12 = - {1 \over 2} \therefore C=120C = {120^ \circ }

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