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AB is a diameter of a circle and C is any point on the circumference of the circle, then :

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the area of the triangle ABC is maximum, if it is isoceles

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the area of triangle ABC is minimum when it is isoceles

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the perimeter of ABC is minimum when it is isoceles

D

none of these

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