Largest Isosceles Right Triangle Around a Fixed Right Triangle

Problem

A right triangle PQRPQR with legs 11 and 22 (hypotenuse 5\sqrt5) is inscribed in an isosceles right triangle ABCABC whose right angle is at CC, so that AC=BCAC=BC and ABAB is the hypotenuse. The right-angle vertex PP of PQR\triangle PQR lies on ABAB, while QQ lies on BCBC and RR lies on CACA.

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Find the maximum possible area of ABC\triangle ABC.

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Difficulty6/10
Topicsplane geometry, trigonometry, Extrema, Triangle Geometry

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