Note on rectangles with vertices on prescribed circles (Q951275)

Given three positive real numbers \(x\), \(y\), \(z\), one considers the family \(\Omega\) of rectangles \(ABCD\) having an interior point \(P\) with the property that \(PA=x\), \(PB=y\), \(PC=z\). We are asked in [Zahlreich Problems Group, Problem 11057, Am. Math. Mon. 111, 64 (2004); solution: ibid. 113, 82--83 (2006)] to find the maximum area that a rectangle in \(\Omega\) can have. The paper under review solves this problem and shows that the maximum and minimum areas are \(xz+yt\) and \(| xz-yt| \), where \(t = \sqrt{x^2+z^2-y^2}\). Although the proof is considerably shorter than the one given in [\textit{E. J. Ionascu} and \textit{P. Stanica}, Elem. Math. 62, No. 1, 30--39 (2007; Zbl 1120.51010)], the authors do not mention what advantages their proof has over the extremely short proof given in [Am. Math. Mon. 113, 82--83 (2006)].