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What is the area of the largest isosceles triangle that can be inscribed in a circle of radius 4?

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Nov 25, 2015

This is easily solved using calculus ...

Explanation:

Maximum Area #A=(3sqrt3)/4r^2=(3sqrt3)/4(4)^2=12sqrt3~~20.7846#

Source: https://math.berkeley.edu/~jgalkows/math1AF2010/worksheets/SolutionToSection4-7Prob25.pdf

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