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In triangle $O (0, 0), A (2, 0), B = (1, 1/ 3)$ , find the largest perpendicular distance from a point $P$ in the triangle to line $OB$ .

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The largest distance from a point in a triangle to a fixed line occurs at a vertex. Vertex $A$ is at distance $∣2/ 3 ∣/ 1 + 1/3 = 1$ from $OB$ .

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