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A rectangle is inscribed in a unit circle. Find the largest possible area of the rectangle.

 Mar 25, 2020
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Hint:

 

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This is a diagram that represents this situation

 Mar 25, 2020
 #2
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The  lagest   possible rectangle will be  a  square with  a diagonal of 2

 

The side of this square  =   2/√2

 

So......the area of this square =  (2/√2)^2 =  4/2  =  2 units^2

 

 

cool cool cool

 Mar 25, 2020
 #3
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Awesome, Chris!

CalTheGreat  Mar 25, 2020

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