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Qualification => Subject Doubts => GCE AS & A2 Level => Math => Topic started by: missbeautiful789 on October 12, 2010, 11:14:23 am

Title: Simply math prob that will blow you're brains
Post by: missbeautiful789 on October 12, 2010, 11:14:23 am

Simply math prob that will blow you're brains

Show that, in general, for any rectangle drawn inside any right angled triangle, the area of the rectangle cannot exceed half the area of the triangle.

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Title: Re: Simply math prob that will blow you're brains
Post by: sabbath_92 on October 12, 2010, 04:15:30 pm

Simple* your*

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Title: Re: Simply math prob that will blow you're brains
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on October 15, 2010, 01:00:46 am

Will go to bed on this

Title: Re: Simply math prob that will blow you're brains
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on October 15, 2010, 01:07:56 am

did it in bed. Will scan and post in morning

Title: Re: Simply math prob that will blow you're brains
Post by: Deadly_king on October 15, 2010, 05:09:55 am

Quote from: astarmathsandphysics on October 15, 2010, 01:07:56 am

did it in bed. Will scan and post in morning

Sure :)

Thanks for the help Sir :D

Title: Re: Simply math prob that will blow you're brains
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on October 15, 2010, 09:11:08 am

easy peasy

Title: Re: Simply math prob that will blow you're brains
Post by: missbeautiful789 on October 15, 2010, 07:04:24 pm

Thank you A*  ;D  It looked easy to me, but wasted an hour trying it.