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How do you model the area of this triange and find the angle pheta (the angle on top) which gives the least area to the triangle

Here is the triangle

Basically, for what value of pheta wil the triangle have the smallest area possible

Pheta is the angle on top! Thats alot

http://tech.zeeblo.com/openpda/triangle.jpg -- the picture of the triangle, used Paint , sorry

2007-01-11 11:22:17 · 2 answers · asked by yankees260an 2 in Science & Mathematics Engineering

2 answers

If y is constant,
A = y^2/(4tan(θ/2))
A → 0 as θ → 180

If x is constant,
A = x^2sin(θ/2)cos(θ)
A → 0 as θ → 180
A → 0 as θ → 0

2007-01-11 11:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0 0

approaching 180deg

2007-01-11 19:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by Nick F 6 · 0 0

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