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Maximum Triangle (Posted on 2005-09-19)

Triangle ABC has a point D on side BC such that BA=AD=DC=1. What is angle ABD when the area of the triangle is maximized, and what is the maximum area?

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The required maximum area is approximately 0.88

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-05-10 23:58:54

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