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Packing 'em In (Posted on 2004-03-02)

ABC is an acute-angled triangle with area 1. A rectangle F(PQRS) has its vertices on the sides of the triangle, with P and Q on BC, R on AC, and S on AB. Another rectangle, G(WXYZ), has its vertices on the sides of triangle ASR, with W and X on RS, Y on AS, and Z on AR.

What is the maximum total area of F and G?

See The Solution Submitted by DJ

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Subject	Author	Date
answer	K Sengupta	2007-08-29 11:55:46
Another way	Axorion	2004-03-03 19:27:47
re(4): We are not square (in my original post, they are)	Juggler	2004-03-03 19:20:57
re(3): We are not square (in my original post, they are)	DJ	2004-03-03 13:39:12
re(2): We are not square (in my original post, they are)	Juggler	2004-03-03 11:54:25
re: Layman's Maths / we are not SQUARE!!!	Ady TZIDON	2004-03-03 02:30:44
Layman's Maths	Juggler	2004-03-03 02:07:02
The Calculus	Charlie	2004-03-02 15:36:59
A generalization	Federico Kereki	2004-03-02 14:43:10
re(2): Possible solution	Federico Kereki	2004-03-02 14:41:02
re(2): Possible solution	DJ	2004-03-02 14:25:18
re: Possible solution	SilverKnight	2004-03-02 14:13:25
Possible solution	Federico Kereki	2004-03-02 14:07:23

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