Amazing Triangle!!

Geometry Level 3

The sides of a triangle are three consecutive integers and its in-radius is four units. Determine the circumradius.

The question is adapted from RMO 1995.

Please post your solution.


The answer is 8.125.

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1 solution

Let the sides be a 1 a-1 , a a and a + 1 a+1 , let r r be the inradius, R R the circumradius and A A the area.

By Heron's formula:

A = ( a 1 + a + a + 1 ) ( a 1 + a a 1 ) ( a 1 a + a + 1 ) ( a + 1 + a + a + 1 ) 4 A=\dfrac{\sqrt{(a-1+a+a+1)(a-1+a-a-1)(a-1-a+a+1)(-a+1+a+a+1)}}{4}

A = a 3 ( a 2 4 ) 4 A=\dfrac{a\sqrt{3(a^2-4)}}{4}

The well-known formulas tell us that:

r = 2 A a 1 + a + a + 1 = 3 ( a 2 4 ) 6 r=\dfrac{2A}{a-1+a+a+1}=\dfrac{\sqrt{3(a^2-4)}}{6}

But r = 4 r=4 , so:

4 = 3 ( a 2 4 ) 6 4=\dfrac{\sqrt{3(a^2-4)}}{6}

Solving for a a we get a = 14 a=14 .

Also, the formula that relates r r and R R is:

r R = ( a 1 ) ( a ) ( a + 1 ) 2 ( a 1 + a + a + 1 ) rR=\dfrac{(a-1)(a)(a+1)}{2(a-1+a+a+1)}

4 R = 13 × 14 × 15 2 ( 42 ) 4R=\dfrac{13 \times 14 \times 15}{2(42)}

R = 65 8 = 8.125 R=\dfrac{65}{8} = \boxed{8.125}

i found the sides but i didnt noe this formula can u please send me link of that formula

Guru Prasaadh - 6 years, 5 months ago

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