A sector of a circle of radius
and subtended angle
has a circle inscribed in it - its diameter can be written as
, where
and
are co-prime integers.
Find the value of
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This solution is similar to the one I posted for Circle-ception . This time, we bisect the 60° angle to form a right triangle with one leg x and hypotenuse 1 0 − x , where x is the radius of the incircle.
Using the sine rule, sin 3 0 x = sin 9 0 1 0 − x ⇒ 0 . 5 x = 1 1 0 − x ⇒ x = 5 − 2 x ⇒ 2 3 x = 5 ⇒ x = 3 1 0
Since x is the radius of the incircle, the diameter is 2 x = 3 2 0 , so a = 2 0 and b = 3 . ⌈ 2 0 + 3 2 0 2 × 3 2 ⌉ = ⌈ 2 3 3 6 0 0 ⌉ = ⌈ 1 5 6 + 2 3 1 2 ⌉ = 1 5 7