Home Competitions AMC 12 2018a Problem 9
Which of the following describes the largest subset of values of y y y within the closed interval [ 0 , π ] [0,\pi] [ 0 , π ] for which
sin ( x + y ) ≤ sin ( x ) + sin ( y ) \sin(x+y)\leq \sin(x)+\sin(y) sin ( x + y ) ≤ sin ( x ) + sin ( y ) for every x x x between 0 0 0 and π \pi π , inclusive?
(A) y = 0 (B) 0 ≤ y ≤ π 4 (C) 0 ≤ y ≤ π 2 (D) 0 ≤ y ≤ 3 π 4 (E) 0 ≤ y ≤ π \textbf{(A) } y=0 \textbf{(B) } 0\leq y\leq \frac{\pi}{4} \textbf{(C) } 0\leq y\leq \frac{\pi}{2} \textbf{(D) } 0\leq y\leq \frac{3\pi}{4} \textbf{(E) } 0\leq y\leq \pi (A) y = 0 (B) 0 ≤ y ≤ 4 π (C) 0 ≤ y ≤ 2 π (D) 0 ≤ y ≤ 4 3 π (E) 0 ≤ y ≤ π
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