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Area Ascertainment II (Posted on 2014-10-24)

In triangle ABC, it is known that AB = 9 and BC/AC = 40/41.

Find the maximum possible area of the triangle ABC.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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re: Nice problem

| Comment 4 of 8 |

(In reply to Nice problem by broll)

I should have noticed that my equation (1)

defines a circle and the highest point on

that circle would have given me the max.

area without derivatives.

Posted by Bractals on 2014-10-25 03:55:19

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