What is the area of the largest triangle that can be fitted into a rectangle of length l units and width w units?

Let ABCD be the rectangle of length l and width w.


Now,we construct a triangle of maximum area inside it in all possible ways.


We know that,


Area of triangle = × base × height


So ,for maximum area ,base and height of maximum, length is needed.


Here, maximum base length = l


And maximum height = w


Area (maximum) of triangle = × l × w sq.units.

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