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Old October 29th, 2008, 11:45 AM
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Default Problem 49

(minor variant of a problem due to Roy Barbara)

Let a,\ b,\ c be three positive real numbers.

Find necessary and sufficient conditions on a,\ b,\ c for there to exist an interior point P in the equilateral triangle ABC with unit side, such that |PA|=a,\ |PB|=b,\ |PC|=c.

I have a solution to this, but as I have not looked it up so I cannot tell if it is the originator's solution but as it is not as neat as I would like it is probably clumsy compared to the best solution, so lets see what we can do

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