We'll choose to set the function f(x) = sin x, on the bracket [0,pi](we don't have to forget that we are working in a triangle, where the sum of the angles is 180 degrees, meaning pi, if we're measuring the angles in radians.)
f'(x) = cos x, f"(x) = - sin x < 0, so the function is concave and we we'll apply the Jensen's inequality, which says that:
f[(A + B + C)/3] > [f(A) + f(B) + f(C)]/3
Working in a triangle, A + B + C = 180 and (A + B + C)/3 = 180/3 = 60
f(60) = sin 60 = (sqrt 3)/2
[f(A) + f(B) + f(C)]/3 = (sin A + sin B + sin C)/3
Putting the results again in Jensen's inequality:
(sin A + sin B + sin C)/3 < (sqrt 3)/2
sin A + sin B + sin C < 3(sqrt 3)/2 q.e.d.
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