MathDB
Maximum

Source: Chinese TST

April 9, 2008
geometryrectanglegeometry proposed

Problem Statement

Given a rectangle ABCD, ABCD, let AB \equal{} b, AD \equal{} a ( a\geq b), three points X,Y,Z X,Y,Z are put inside or on the boundary of the rectangle, arbitrarily. Find the maximum of the minimum of the distances between any two points among the three points. (Denote it by a,b a,b)