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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?

See The Solution Submitted by Brian Smith

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2022-05-10 23:58:54
slightly different	goFish	2005-09-19 21:47:10
Algebraically	Federico Kereki	2005-09-19 20:41:35
My attempt	Bob Smith	2005-09-19 16:43:02
Solution	Bractals	2005-09-19 16:22:44

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