Circle In A Quadrilateral

Geometry Level 1

Given the quadrilateral and inscribed circle, what is the missing side length?

7 9 8 6

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3 solutions

Eli Ross Staff
Oct 11, 2015

By the property of tangent lines to circles, we have:

A P = A S , B P = B Q , C Q = C R , D R = D S . \lvert\overline{AP}\rvert = \lvert\overline{AS}\rvert, \lvert\overline{BP}\rvert = \lvert\overline{BQ}\rvert, \lvert\overline{CQ}\rvert = \lvert\overline{CR}\rvert, \lvert\overline{DR}\rvert = \lvert\overline{DS}\rvert.

Thus, we must have A D + B C = A B + D C AD + BC = AB + DC ; in other words, the opposite sides must sum to the same length. Thus, A D + 6 = 8 + 5 , AD + 6 = 8 + 5, so A D = 7. AD=7.

Doesn't AD = 5? Isn't that what is given? Or am I reading it wrong?

Jess Doe - 5 years, 5 months ago

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The diagram in the problem would correspond to A D = ? AD = ? and B C = 6. BC = 6.

The solution is more general in that it shows the opposite sides must sum to the same length.

Eli Ross Staff - 5 years, 5 months ago

Let x x be the missing side.

By the pitot's theorem , we have

6 + x = 5 + 8 6+x=5+8

6 + x = 13 6+x=13

x = 13 6 = x=13-6= 7 \boxed{7}

This is my own solution. I have a new account now.

A Former Brilliant Member - 1 year, 5 months ago
DarkMind S.
May 20, 2017

Let X + Y = 5, and M + Y = 6. Then it becomes obvious that Y = 1. Then the rest follows

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