Does there exist a triangle with all 3 altitudes summing to less than 1 meter and area bigger than the surface area of Earth, which is approximately 5 1 × 1 0 7 km 2 ?
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Let consider an isosceles triangle A B C such that A B = b = A C = c , B C = a = 6 × 1 0 1 4 k m , the height from A h a = 0 . 2 m m = 2 × 1 0 − 7 k m . ( A can be formed from the bisector of the given line B C and the given distance from A to B C )
We can see that B A C = α is very very near to 1 8 0 0 ( 1 7 9 . 9 9 9 . . . 0 ) and the area of A B C is 6 × 1 0 7 k m 2 ( > 5 . 1 × 1 0 7 )
Since b = c > 2 a (Triangle inequality) ⟹ h b = h c < 2 h a ⟹ h a + h b + h c < 5 h a = 1 m m .
Therefore, the triangle A B C above satisfies all the conditions ⟹ The answer is T r u e .
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Let an isosceles triangle have vertices with the following coordinates
( − s , 0 )
( 0 , 0 )
( s 2 − 0 . 3 2 , 0 . 3 )
then the sum of the altitudes will be < 1 , while the area of the triangle will be 0 . 1 5 s , and s can be as large as one wants.