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Maximum Area of Triangle PQR

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May 27, 2011
geometrygeometric transformationreflectiontrigonometryfunctioncalculusderivative

Problem Statement

Given a circle of radius rr and a tangent line \ell to the circle through a given point PP on the circle. From a variable point RR on the circle, a perpendicular RQRQ is drawn to \ell with QQ on \ell. Determine the maximum of the area of triangle PQRPQR.