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Square in a Cone (Posted on 2016-07-29)

Consider a hollow right circular cone having radius 20 and height 16.

Find the maximum possible area of the square that can lie inside the cone.

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The required maximum possible area of the square is 800.
For an explanation, refer to the respective solutions submitted by Jer and Brian Smith here and here.

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Subject	Author	Date
Thoughts	Brian Smith	2016-07-30 11:00:40
Can this be all?	Jer	2016-07-29 14:13:27

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