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For greatest possible area, triangle should be an isosceles rt angled
triangle. So, you will have 1 vertex at center and 2 on circle.
Area = 1/2 * b * h = 1/2
triangle. So, you will have 1 vertex at center and 2 on circle.
Area = 1/2 * b * h = 1/2
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Area of triangle = 1/2 * a * b * sin (x), whereaninditasivaram2406 wrote:Hi,
Please can you expand on the explanation?
Thanks,
Anindita
a and b are sides
x is the angle between sides a and b
Max value of sin (x) = 1 and this happens when x is 90 degrees.
So, an isosceles rt angled triangle is the one that has max area
I wish I could explain this without trigonometry...