Q. A point on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is at distance and from the sides of the triangle. The minimum length of the hypotenuse is

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Solution:

Let be a right triangle with hypotenuse such that a point on is at distances and from and respectively, i.e. and
Let . Then,
and
Let be the length of the hypotenuse . Then,

and,
For maximum or minimum, we must have

and

Clearly, for
Thus, is minimum when
The minimum value of is given by

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