We've inscribed a circle into a pentagon, as shown in the diagram.
Is it possible that the side lengths of the pentagon are in some order?
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Suppose yes. Then we can use the figure below.
x + y + z + v + w = 2 ( x + y ) + ( y + z ) + ( z + v ) + ( v + w ) + ( w + x ) = 2 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 6 = 8 Let's assume, that the A B side's length is 6 . Then ( x + y ) = 6 , so z + v + w = 8 − 6 = 2 . From that both of the C D = z + v and the D E = v + w side's lenght is smaller, than 2 , but from the 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 numbers, only one is smaller then 2 , which is a contradiction.
So the answer is: not possible.