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minimum perimeter
Posted:
Nov 7, 1997 4:03 PM
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The question:
Given an acute triangle, find the inscribed triangle (with one point
on each side of the original triangle) of minimum perimeter.
The answer:
The triangle formed by the feet of the altitudes of the original
triangle has the smallest perimeter.
The proof:
I don't know yet.
--Joshua Zucker
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