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Given Common Vertex, Find Area (Posted on 2007-09-30)

An equilateral triangle PQR is drawn inside a unit square LQST such that Q corresponds to the common vertex of the square and the triangle.

Determine the maximum possible area of the triangle PQR.

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The required area of the triangle is approximately 0.4641016.

EXPLANATION:

Refer to the solution posted by Bractals in this location .

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Subject	Author	Date
Solution	hoodat	2007-10-02 14:27:28
re: Solution	Dej Mar	2007-09-30 22:48:00
Solution	Bractals	2007-09-30 19:00:52

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