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According to the mathematician Hermann Schwarz, there is one triangle that can be inscribe...

According to the mathematician Hermann Schwarz, there is one triangle that can be inscribed within an acute triangle such that it has a minimal perimeter. Using two planar mirrors, a laserbeam, and Fermat's Principle, explain how you can show that this inscribed triangle has its vertices at the points where the altitudes of the acute triangle intersect its corresponding sides

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