Minimum Perimeter of an Inscribed Triangle


For any acute triangle ABC, consruct any inscribed triangle DEF such that D lies on BC, E lies on AC, and F lies on AB.

Click here for a GSP sketch of an inscribed triangle as picture above.


Is there a unique inscribed triangle with the minimum perimeter?


What if the triangle ABC was a right triangle? an obtuse triangle?

Hint?

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