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Consider four triangles having sides (5,12,9),(5,12,11),(5,12,13) and (5,12,15). among these, the triangle having maximum area has sides.

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(5,12,9)
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(5,12,11)
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(5,12,13)
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(5,12,15)
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Solution

The correct option is C (5,12,13)
Area of a triangle is given by 12h×b, where h is the height of the triangle and b is base of the triangle.
Let the base of the triangle is 5, which is fixed. therefore if the height of the triangle is maximum then it's area will be maximum.
Height is maximum when a triangle is a right angle triangle.
Thus, triangle having sides (5,12,13) has maximum area.


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