Ex-circles In-circle

Geometry Level 2

If the radii of the three ex-circles of a triangle are 5.366 cm, 6.708 cm and 8.943 cm respectively, find the radius of its in-circle.

3.458 cm 2.764 cm 2.236 cm 3.124 cm

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1 solution

Hosam Hajjir
Oct 20, 2017

Let Δ \Delta be the area of the triangle, s s be the semi-perimeter, r r be the inradius, and let r a , r b , r c r_a, r_b, r_c be the radii of the excircles. Then the following relations hold; see here, for reference.

r = Δ s r = \dfrac{ \Delta } {s }

s 2 = r a r b + r a r c + r b r c s^2 = r_a r_b + r_a r_c + r_b r_c

and

Δ = r r a r b r c \Delta = \sqrt{ r r_a r_b r_c }

Substitute the first relation into the third, to get,

r s = r r a r b r c r s = \sqrt{ r r_a r_b r_c }

Squaring, gives,

r s 2 = r a r b r c r s^2 = r_a r_b r_c

Using the second relation, we obtain,

r = r a r b r c r a r b + r a r c + r b r c r = \dfrac{ r_a r_b r_c }{ r_a r_b + r_a r_c + r_b r_c }

Substituting the given values for r a , r b , r c r_a , r_b , r_c gives,

r = 2.235868051177 2.236 r = 2.235868051177 \approx 2.236

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