Largest Inscribed Quadrilateral in a Circular Board
Problem
A circular wooden board is measured with a carpenter's square, an L-shaped tool formed by two perpendicular straight edges. As shown, the square is placed against the board so that its right-angle corner and the two outer endpoints of its legs all lie on the circle; the legs have lengths and .
A quadrilateral is then cut from the board so that all four of its vertices lie on the circle and one of its interior angles satisfies . Find the maximum possible perimeter of this quadrilateral.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 6/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | plane geometry, Law of Sines, trigonometry, Law of Cosines, AM-GM |
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