1964 AHSME Problems/Problem 35
Problem
The sides of a triangle are of lengths 
, 
, and 
. The altitudes of the triangle meet at point 
. if 
is the altitude to the side of length , the ratio 
is:
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Using Law of Cosines and the fact that the ratio equals cos(a)/[cos(b)cos(c)] B 5:11
