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Construct a triangle with altitudes x, y, and z.

Hint:

Choose a unit segment and construct segments of lengths 1/x, 1/y, and 1/z. Note that if a triangle has area a/2, and altitudes x, y and z, then its sides are a/x, a/y, and a/z. Therefore, the constructed triangle is similar to the one we need. It remains to rescale the constructed triangle so that its altitudes have right sizes.