Let T be a triangle with sides a, b, and c and let T' be a triangle with sides a', b', c'.

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show that it is possible to find a, b, c, a', b', c' such that
(1) a < a', b < b', c < c'
(2) Area(T') < Area(T)

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Let T be a unit equilateral triangle: a = b = c = 1, so Area(T) = . For triangle T', let a'
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= 2, and choose the vertex opposite side a' to be on a line l that is parallel to a' at a
distance of 1/4 from l. Area(T') = 1/4 which is less than Area(T), but as A' (the vertex
opposite a') moves away from a', the lengths b' and c' both grow without bound. For a
specific example, choose b' = 2, which results in an obtuse isosceles triangle with c' > 2.
(If the reader is interested, she can use simple trigonometry to compute that
c ' = 8 + 63 .)