Finding the Inradius

Geometry Level 1

Triangle A B C ABC has A B = 13 , B C = 14 AB = 13, BC = 14 , and C A = 15 CA = 15 . What is the length of the inradius of A B C \triangle ABC ?

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4 solutions

Pranav Rao
Jan 30, 2016

Inradius of the triangle is Δ/s, ∆ is the area of the triangle and s is semi perimeter.∆ is 84 in this case and s is 21.

Marvin Kalngan
May 4, 2020

Just use the formula below.

inradius = 2 A P \boxed{\text{inradius}=\dfrac{2A}{P}}

where: A=area of the triangle and P=perimeter of the triangle \text{where: A=area of the triangle and P=perimeter of the triangle}

Prasit Sarapee
Feb 28, 2016
  area1=(1/2)*(14R+15R+13R)=21R        

  S=(13+14+15)/2=21       
  area2=SQRT(21*(21-15)*(21-14)*(21-13))=84     
  area1=area2 --> 21R=84 --> R=4

Amed Lolo
Feb 27, 2016

call intersections points between circle &triangle sides AB,bc&CA x,y&z seriously. ax=az=k ,xb=13-k,by=13-k =xb ,yc=k+1. so cz=k+1,,,,15=k+k+1 so k=7. cos(bac)=13^2+15^2-14^2÷(2.13.15)=99÷195. Put angle bac=f =2t where t =xam ,m is center of the circle so cos(f)=2cos^2 (t)-1 ,cos^2 (t)= .75384615 ,sin^2 t=.24615385 so tan^2 t. =.326530619 , tan t=.5714286 =R\k so k=1.75R k=7 so R=7\1.75=4#####

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