Malfatti Circles!

Geometry Level 5

Let A B C ABC be a triangle with in-radius r r . Let Γ 1 , Γ 2 , Γ 3 { \Gamma }_{ 1 }, { \Gamma }_{ 2 }, { \Gamma }_{ 3 } be three circles inscribed inside A B C ABC such that each touches other circles and also two of the sides. (Such a configuration is called Malfatti circles).

Let O 1 , O 2 , O 3 { O }_{ 1 }, { O }_{ 2 }, { O }_{ 3 } be respectively the centres of the circles Γ 1 , Γ 2 , Γ 3 { \Gamma }_{ 1 }, { \Gamma }_{ 2 }, { \Gamma }_{ 3 } . If r r' denotes the in-radius of O 1 O 2 O 3 { O }_{ 1 }{ O }_{ 2 }{ O }_{ 3 } ,

Find the minimum value of r r \frac r{r'} to 3 decimal places.


The answer is 2.732.

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