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Re: HSC 2013 2U Marathon

Oh wow didn't even see that, makes sense!
 

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Consider the region bounded by the curve y=sin(x) from 0 to pi.

Find the area of the largest possible rectangle that can be inscribed within this region.
 

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wouldnt the closest distance be between the line y=3x - 1 and y = x^2 + 3x + 5 is when their gradiesnts are exactly parrallel?
Yeah that's true. So what could you do with the curve using that general idea?
 

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second one's incorrect
 
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