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The 16th Japanese Mathematical Olympiad - The First Round

Japan geometry

Problem

is a point inside an equilateral triangle. The length of the perpendiculars from towards three sides are , , and . Answer the length of one edge of this triangle.
Solution
Denote by , and the three apexes of the triangle and by the length of one edge. Then

Therefore and hence the answer is .
Final answer
4√3

Techniques

Triangle trigonometry