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Another Morsel of Honsberger

by Mowaffaq Hajja (Yarmouk University, Jordan)

This article originally appeared in:
Mathematics Magazine
October, 2010

Subject classification(s): Circles | Analytic Geometry | Geometry and Topology
Applicable Course(s): 4.9 Geometry | 2.2 Trigonometry

Three new proofs of the fact that the point \(A\) on the circular arc \(B\)C for which \(AB + AC\) is maximum is the midpoint of the arc are presented.

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