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by tanviet » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:19 am
what is greatest area of a triangular which have one vertex on the center of circle with radius of 1 and other vertexes on the circle

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by sanju09 » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:26 am
duongthang wrote:what is greatest area of a triangular which have one vertex on the center of circle with radius of 1 and other vertexes on the circle

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We have an isosceles triangle with its each leg 1. Its area in these strict conditions is the maximum, only when the two legs include a right angle. So, the maximum area is ½ *1*1 = [spoiler]½[/spoiler].
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by ajith » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:52 am
duongthang wrote:what is greatest area of a triangular which have one vertex on the center of circle with radius of 1 and other vertexes on the circle

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Area of an isosceles triangle is b*sqrt(4a^2-b^2)/4

in this case a = 1

so we should maximize b*sqrt(4-b^2)

Now when the angle is 60 b = 1

the area = Sqrt(3)/4

when the angle is 90
b= sqrt(2)

the area = sqrt(2)*sqrt(2)/4 =2/4

when the angle is 120

b =root(3)

area = root(3)/4

So, the maximum area occurs when the angle is 90 degrees and the area is 1/2
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by tanviet » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:30 am
ajith wrote:
duongthang wrote:what is greatest area of a triangular which have one vertex on the center of circle with radius of 1 and other vertexes on the circle

oa will be latter. this is from GMATPrep software
Area of an isosceles triangle is b*sqrt(4a^2-b^2)/4

in this case a = 1

so we should maximize b*sqrt(4-b^2)

Now when the angle is 60 b = 1

the area = Sqrt(3)/4

when the angle is 90
b= sqrt(2)

the area = sqrt(2)*sqrt(2)/4 =2/4

when the angle is 120

b =root(3)

area = root(3)/4

how do you have the formular for area of the isocelles, pls, help

So, the maximum area occurs when the angle is 90 degrees and the area is 1/2
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by tanviet » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:31 am
ajith wrote:
duongthang wrote:what is greatest area of a triangular which have one vertex on the center of circle with radius of 1 and other vertexes on the circle

oa will be latter. this is from GMATPrep software
Area of an isosceles triangle is b*sqrt(4a^2-b^2)/4

in this case a = 1

so we should maximize b*sqrt(4-b^2)

Now when the angle is 60 b = 1

the area = Sqrt(3)/4

when the angle is 90
b= sqrt(2)

the area = sqrt(2)*sqrt(2)/4 =2/4

when the angle is 120

b =root(3)

area = root(3)/4

So, the maximum area occurs when the angle is 90 degrees and the area is 1/2
how do you know the formular of area of isoceles
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by ajith » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:38 am
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how do you know the formular of area of isoceles
It is a derived formula from the general area formula for a triangle
b*sqrt(4a^2-b^2)/4

where b is the side with unequal length and a is the length of the other sides
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