Inradius, you say?

Geometry Level 3

Given a triangle has a perimeter equal to its area , find the length of the inradius.

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We are assuming non-degenerate triangles.


The answer is 2.

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1 solution

Sharky Kesa
May 11, 2016

Note that the area of a triangle is

A = r s A = rs

where r r and s s are the inradius and semi-perimeter of the triangle. But we are given that the the perimeter is equal to the area. Thus, the semi-perimeter must be half of the area of the triangle. From this, we get that the inradius must be of length 2 2 .

We can prove this formula easily. Let D D , E E and F F be points of tangency from the incircle to Δ A B C \Delta ABC at B C BC , C A CA and A B AB respectively. Also, let I I be the incentre. We have A E = A F = x AE=AF=x , B F = B D = y BF=BD=y and C D = C E = z CD=CE=z . Thus, A B = x + y AB=x+y , B C = y + z BC=y+z and C A = z + x CA=z+x , I D = I E = I F = r ID=IE=IF=r ( r r is the inradius), so the perimeter is 2 x + 2 y + 2 z 2x+2y+2z . The area of Δ A I F = Δ A I E = 1 2 r x \Delta AIF=\Delta AIE= \dfrac{1}{2}rx Similarly, we can find the area of the other 4 triangles to get that the area of Δ A B C = ( x + y + z ) r = r s \Delta ABC=(x+y+z)r=rs , where s s is the semi-perimeter.

Thus, the formula is proven.

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