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OpenStudy (anonymous):

plse solve this

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@dape Is this related to the biggest possible inscribed circle in the triangle?

OpenStudy (dape):

A hint is that the points \((\cos\theta,\sin\theta)\) trace out the unit circle when \(0\leq\theta<2\pi\). So graph the lines, and draw in a unit circle, the answer should be clear then.

OpenStudy (dape):

Imagine a unit circle also drawn in the figure, you can see that all points \(0\le\theta\le\theta_{max}\) are included, where \(\theta_{max}\) is the angle where the unit circle crosses the brown/yellow line in the plot in the link that I posted. The thing left to do is to find that \(\theta_{max}\), which I'm sure you can manage.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

srry , i cant find theta max

OpenStudy (dape):

The thing is that at the intersection point it is both at the unit circle (\(x=\cos\theta_{max},\ y=\sin\theta_{max}\)) and on the line \(6x+2y=\sqrt{10}\). This is the equation system one has to solve to get the angle.

OpenStudy (dape):

Okay, I did it this way, if we restrict our attention to the upper hemisphere of the unit circle, which is where our point is, we have that \(y=\sqrt{1-x^2}\). Combining this with the equation for the line (solve for y and put them equal) gives a second-degree equation, which is easy to solve. This will give you the x-coord of the point, now just take \(\arccos x=\theta_{max}\).

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