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QUANTITY A QUANTITY B

The maximum area of ABC 12

SOLUTION: To maximize the area of the triangle, make it a right triangle.

Assume that the legs are AB and BC. In this case, the area of the triangle

is^12 × 3 × 4 = 6. Quantity B is greater.

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