What is the greatest possible triangular region with one vertex at the center of a circle of radius 1 and other two vertices on the circle?
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I had to use a little bit of trignometry to prove that the area will be maximum when the angle = 45.shrutib wrote:What is the greatest possible triangular region with one vertex at the center of a circle of radius 1 and other two vertices on the circle?
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shrutib wrote:What is the greatest possible triangular region with one vertex at the center of a circle of radius 1 and other two vertices on the circle?
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Though not a proof ...but I read some where to think of clock while doing this question. When the 2 hands of clock are at 90 degrees then the area formed by these hands will be max...
when we increase/decrease this angle the area decreases.
this is just a concept but it explains this.
when we increase/decrease this angle the area decreases.
this is just a concept but it explains this.
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