Article 57VE7 Did you solve it? The smallest biggest triangle in the world

Did you solve it? The smallest biggest triangle in the world

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Alex Bellos
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The answer to today's puzzle

Earlier today I asked you to construct a triangle whose existence seems to defy reason.

Show that there is a triangle, the sum of whose three heights is less than 1mm, that has an area greater than the surface of the Earth (510m km2).

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