Use Lagrange multipliers to show that a triangle with perimeter p with the highest area is an equilateral triangle. (Hint: Use Heron's formula for the area of a triangle with perimenter p and side lengths a, b, c. The formula is attatched to the question)

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Use Lagrange multipliers to show that a triangle with perimeter p with the highest area is an equilateral triangle. (Hint: Use Heron's formula for the area of a triangle with perimenter p and side lengths a, b, c. The formula is attatched to the question)

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Area = √p/2(p/2 − a)(p/2 — b) (p/2 — c)
Transcribed Image Text:- Area = √p/2(p/2 − a)(p/2 — b) (p/2 — c)
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