Largest Square inside a Triangle
Largest Square inside a Triangle
This Demonstration displays the largest square contained in a triangle.
Details
Details
You might like to have fun finding out (though not by using this Demonstration directly) the exact value of the side of the largest square inside: (1) an equilateral triangle with side length one; and (2) an isosceles right triangle with the equal legs of length one. (Hint: the latter is easier than the former.)
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Permanent Citation
Permanent Citation
Jaime Rangel-Mondragon
"Largest Square inside a Triangle"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/LargestSquareInsideATriangle/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: July 15, 2010