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Two Related Triangle Maximization Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

G. H. Lawden
G. H. Lawden*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH
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We will consider two related maximisation problems relative to an arbitrarily given triangle. Their solutions will illustrate the power of cyclic quadrilateral constructions and the utility of Ptolemy’s theorem for obtaining symmetric formulae.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 66 , Issue 436 , June 1982 , pp. 116 - 120
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1982

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