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Rectangles in triangles

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We establish necessary and sufficient conditions on the five positive real numbers a, b, c, u, v for a rectangle with sides u, v to fit in a triangle with sides a, b, c, and we note a few curious consequences.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    John E. Wetzel

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Wetzel, J.E. Rectangles in triangles. J. geom. 81, 180–191 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00022-004-1561-5

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