Bangle in a triangle

Geometry Level 2

The inradius of an equilateral triangle is 3 c m \sqrt {3} cm , then what is the perimeter of the triangle?

c m cm 6 c m 6 cm 12 c m 12 cm 15 c m 15 cm 18 c m 18 cm

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3 solutions

Manish Mayank
Feb 19, 2015

There is a simplified formula for the area of any triangle, A = r s \boxed {A = rs} where r r is inradius and s s is semiperimeter. Let the side of equilateral trianglebe a a then, area of triangle = 3 a 2 4 \frac{\sqrt{3} a^2}{4} From the above formula we have 3 × 3 a 2 = 3 a 2 4 \sqrt{3} \times \frac{3a}{2} = \frac{\sqrt{3} a^2}{4} on simplifying we get a = 6 \boxed {a = 6} so 3 a = 18 \boxed {3a = 18}

Whaaaaaaaaaaat,???

Richard Jaro - 6 years, 3 months ago
Vaibhav Prasad
Feb 19, 2015

In an equilateral triangle, the inradius and centroid lie on the same point. Since the centroid divides the median in the ration 2 : 1 2:1 , we get the median to be 3 3 3\sqrt { 3 } .

Since it is an equilateral triangle, the median will also be the altitude.

Let the side length be x x

Using Pythagoras' theorem, we have

[ x 2 ] 2 + [ 3 3 ] 2 = x 2 x = 6 \left[ \frac { x }{ 2 } \right] ^{ 2 }+\left[ 3\sqrt { 3 } \right] ^{ 2 }={ x }^{ 2 }\\ \\ \Rightarrow x=6

Hence the Perimeter = 18 18

Saleem Hd
Feb 20, 2015

nice & easy problem :)

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