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What is the orientation of the largest equilateral triangle contained within a square?
Triangle Square: How Does the Largest Equilateral Triangle Fit Inside a Square?
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http://mathworld.wolfram.com/EquilateralTriangle.html toward the bottom. 15 degrees above the horizontal, with a vertex in the corner.
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