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Revision as of 15:43, 2 January 2021
Problem
Located inside equilateral triangle is a point such that , , and . To the nearest integer the area of triangle is:
Solution
Notice that That makes us want to construct a right triangle.
Rotate about A. Note that , so
Therefore, is equilateral, so , which means
Let Notice that and
Applying the Law of Cosines to ,
We want to find the area of ', which is
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See also
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