Circumradius, you say?

Geometry Level 4

Find the length of the circumradius of a triangle which has its area equal to the product of its sides.

If you think there is no fixed value for the circumradius, type 13.37 as your answer.


The answer is 0.25.

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2 solutions

Sharky Kesa
May 15, 2016

We will prove that the area of a triangle can be given by the formula A = a b c 4 R A=\dfrac{abc}{4R} , where a a , b b , and c c are the corresponding sides of Δ A B C \Delta ABC , and R R is the circumradius.

The area of a triangle is A = 1 2 a b sin C A=\dfrac {1}{2} ab \sin C . sin C \sin C can be rewritten as c 2 R \dfrac {c}{2R} by Extended Sine Rule. Substituting, we get, A = a b c 4 R A=\dfrac {abc}{4R} . Thus proven.

Now, we have that the product of the sides of the triangle is equal to the triangle's area. Thus, we must have 4 R = 1 4R=1 , or R = 0.25 R=0.25 . Thus, the circumradius must have a length of 0.25 0.25 .

Nice I didn't know the formulas proof ! Good solution (+1)

abc xyz - 5 years, 1 month ago

R = a b c 4 a r e a = a b c 4 a b c = 1 4 = 0.25. R=\dfrac{abc}{4*area}=\dfrac{abc}{4*abc}=\frac 1 4=0.25.

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