Largest Square inside a Triangle

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This Demonstration displays the largest square contained in a triangle.

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.)

External Links

Triangle (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Jaime Rangel-Mondragon
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​"Largest Square inside a Triangle"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/LargestSquareInsideATriangle/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: July 15, 2010