Let be the closed domain on the plane delimited by three lines , , and , where . Prove that the surface of any triangle inside the domain with and as two of its vertices cannot exceed .
Solution
It is easy to observe that the domain is a closed triangle. Its three vertices are , and . Pick a point inside the , then the area of is equal to half of the product of with the distance from to . So the area of
takes its maximum value when the distance from to is maximized, i.e., when coincides with or .
The area of is

the area of is
Hence, in the domain , any triangle with as two of its vertices cannot have an area that exceeds .
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