A Nested Right Triangle

Problem

A right triangle DEFDEF has its three vertices on the sides ABAB, BCBC, CACA of an equilateral triangle ABCABC respectively, with DEF=90\angle DEF=90^\circ and EDF=30\angle EDF=30^\circ. Find the minimum value of the ratio of the area of DEF\triangle DEF to the area of ABC\triangle ABC.

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Solution

Difficulty8/10
Topicsplane geometry, Law of Sines, trigonometry, Extrema, Cauchy-Schwarz

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