In an equilateral triangle, find R 2 − 2 R r
where R and r represents the radius of the circumcircle and incircle of this triangle, respectively.
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exactly! or you could have used the fact that in any △ A B C , O I 2 = R 2 − 2 R r and in the case of equilateral triangle O orthocenter, I incenter coincide,
O I 2 = 0 ⟹ R 2 = 2 R r
O R
using the fact that 2 r ≤ R and equality occurs at equilateral triangle i.e all angle 60, degrees for this we use the fact that cos A + cos B + cos C ≤ 2 3 and then the conditional identity cos A + cos B + cos C = 1 + 4 sin A sin B sin C and futher simplification proves that.
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rakshit OI^2=R^2-2Rr is the solution thats it
i like the problems posted by you
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thanks!! I like posting new problems and especially more focused towards JEE purpose,also will try to further continue the same :), anyways are you too preparing for JEE 2018, hmm.. i saw your age and thought that.
Sorry if my solution is too big as I am bad at trig stuff.
i agree with rakshit your method is a bit too long
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Let the side of the equilateral triangle be a .
We know that the formula for circum-radius R = 4 δ a b c and in-radius r = ( a + b + c ) 2 δ
where a , b , c are the sides and δ is the area of the triangle = 4 a 2 3 by equilateral triangle area formula.
R = 4 × 4 a 2 3 a × a × a = 3 a .
r = 3 a 2 × 4 2 a × a 3 = 6 a 3 .
∴ R 2 − 2 R r = 3 a 2 − 2 × 3 a × 6 3 a 3 = 3 a 2 − 3 a 2 = 0 .