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Triangles and Rectangle (Posted on 2005-08-21)

Given a rectangle ABCD with |AB|=a and |BC|=b. There are two distinct equilateral triangles AEF and AGH with points E and G on line BC and points F and H on line CD. What is the product of the areas of the two triangles in terms of a and b?

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3[a^4+b^4-(ab)^2]. Don't ask!

Posted by Richard on 2005-08-22 06:50:46

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