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Putnam 1985 A2

  • Session A

Let TT be an acute triangle. Inscribe a rectangle RR in TT with one side along a side of TT. Then inscribe a rectangle SS in the triangle formed by the side of RR opposite the side on the boundary of TT, and the other two sides of TT, with one side along the side of RR. For any polygon XX, let A(X)A(X) denote the area of XX. Find the maximum value, or show that no maximum exists, of A(R)+A(S)A(T)\frac{A(R)+A(S)}{A(T)}, where TT ranges over all triangles and R,SR,S over all rectangles as above.

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

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