Circle in a trapezium

Geometry Level 3

A circle is inscribed in an isosceles trapezium, as shown below. The two blue sides have lengths 8 and 18, respectively. What is the radius of the circle?


The answer is 6.

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Since it is a trapezium, A = B , D = C , A D = B C \angle A=\angle B, \angle D= \angle C, AD=BC . It follows that D F = F C = 4 DF=FC=4 and A E = E B = 9 AE=EB=9 . Tangents to a circle drawn from an external point are equal, therefore, B H = E B = 9 BH=EB=9 and F C = C H = 4 FC=CH=4 . Thus, B C = 9 + 4 = 13 BC=9+4=13 . It follows that A D = B C = 13 AD=BC=13 . From my figure, F E = D G = d i a m e t e r o f t h e c i r c l e FE=DG=diameter~of~the~circle .

Consider D G A : \triangle DGA: Since G E = D F = 4 GE=DF=4 , A G = 9 4 = 5 AG=9-4=5

Applying pythagorean theorem on D G A \triangle DGA , we get

D G = 1 3 2 5 2 = 144 = 12 DG=\sqrt{13^2-5^2}=\sqrt{144}=12

Hence, the radius is D G 2 = 12 2 = \dfrac{DG}{2}=\dfrac{12}{2}= 6 \boxed {6}

there are 2 "D" points on the figure that confuse your explanation

you con - 3 years, 11 months ago
Sswag SSwagf
Jul 14, 2017

According to Pitot's Theorem we conclude black sides are equal to 13 13 , we can clearly see that the circle diameter is the height of the trapezium so we apply Pythagorean Theorem

25 + h 2 = 169 25 + h^2 = 169

\therefore

h = 12 h=12

Radius is equal to 6 6

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