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Find the maximum area of a pentagon $ABCDE$ inscribed in a unit circle such that the diagonal $AC$ is perpendicular to the diagonal $BD$.
 
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Choose a coordinate system with the unit circle centred at the origin $O$, the $x$-axis parallel to $BD$ and the $y$-axis parallel to $AC$, as in the diagram. Split the pentagon into the quadrilateral $ABCD$ and the triangle $ADE$. If $ABCD$ is kept fixed then the area of $ADE$ is maximised when $E$ is midway between $A$ and $D$ on the arc $AD$. Suppose that $OE$ then makes an angle $\delta$ with the $x$-axis, and let $2\gamma$ be the angle $AOD$, so that the angles $AOE$ and $EOD$ are both $\gamma$. The coordinates of $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$ and $E$ are then as shown in the diagram.

The area of $ABCD$ is the sum of the areas of triangles $BAD$ and $CAD$, with base $BD$ and combined height $AC$. So (using a product-to-sum identity) $$\text{Area}(ABCD) = \tfrac12AC\cdot BD = 2\sin(\delta+\gamma)\cos(\delta-\gamma) = \sin(2\delta) + \sin(2\gamma).$$ The triangle $ADE$ has base $AD = 2\sin\gamma$ and height $1-\cos\gamma$, so its area is $\sin\gamma(1-\cos\gamma)$.

Thus the area of the pentagon is $\sin(2\delta) + \sin(2\gamma) + \sin\gamma(1-\cos\gamma) = \sin(2\delta) + \sin\gamma(1+\cos\gamma)$. As far as $\delta$ is concerned, this is maximised when $\sin(2\delta) = 1$, or $\delta = 45^\circ$. To maximise the $\gamma$-function, differentiate it, getting $\cos\gamma(1+\cos\gamma) - \sin^2\gamma = 0$. That gives $2\cos^2\gamma + \cos\gamma - 1 = 0$, so that $(2\cos\gamma - 1)(\cos\gamma + 1) = 0$. The maximum occurs when $\cos \gamma = \frac12$, or $\gamma = 60^\circ$.

The maximum area of the pentagon is therefore $1 + \frac{\sqrt3}2\bigl(1+ \frac12\bigr) = 1 + \frac{3\sqrt3}4$.
 
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