How do you find the largest possible area for a rectangle inscribed in a circle of radius 4?

Keyla Koch

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2022-10-21

How do you find the largest possible area for a rectangle inscribed in a circle of radius 4?

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Dana Simmons

Dana Simmons

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An inscribed rectangle has diagonals of length 2r and has sides (a,b) measuring b = ( 2 r ) 2 - a 2 so the rectangle area is
A = a ( 2 r ) 2 - a 2 for 0 < a < 2 r
Its maximum occurs at a 0 such that
( d A d a ) a 0 = 0 or
2 ( a 0 2 - 2 r 2 ) 4 r 2 - a 0 2 = 0 giving
a 0 = 2 r and at this value
A 0 = 2 r 2 = 2 × 4 2 = 32

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