In figure below,
is a convex quadrilateral with . Let the incircles of triangles and touch at and . If and , find the sum of the inradii of two in-circles.
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If the right-angled triangle A B D has sides A B = x , A D = y = 9 9 9 and B D = x 2 + y 2 , then A B D has semiperimeter s = 2 1 ( x + y + x 2 + y 2 ) . The inradius r of this triangle is the distance from A to the point of tangency of the incircle with A D (or with A B ), and this is equal to r = s − B D = 2 1 ( x + y − x 2 + y 2 ) . But then the distance D P from D to P , the point of tangency of the incircle with B D , is D P = s − x = 2 1 ( y − x + x 2 + y 2 ) = y − r . On the other hand D Q , the distance from D to the point of tangency of the incircle of B D C with B D , is equal to the inradius R of the triangle B D C . Thus P Q = D P − D Q = y − r − R and hence r + R = y − P Q = A D − P Q = 7 9 9 .