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Ricardo Andrade
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Angle subtended by the shortest segment that bisects the area of a convex polygon

Let $C$ be a convex polygon in the plane and let $s$ be the shortest line segment (I believe this is called a "chord") that divides the area of $C$ in half. What is the smallest angle that $s$ could make where it touches the boundary of $C$? This picture shows an example, I I called the angle $\theta$ (and the area of the region is $A$):

a bisecting line

Numerical simulations suggest that $\theta\geq\pi/3$ but I haven't been able to prove this.