In a unit circle with centre two points and are taken on the circumference of the cirlce. Then the inradius of the triangle is . If the maximum value of is , what is ?
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According to figure Let inradius of triangle OAB is 'r'
r = s Δ r = 2 A B + O A + O B 2 O C × A B r = 2 + 2 cos θ 2 cos θ sin θ ⟶ ( 1 ) .
Now For Maximum "r"
d θ d r = 0 .
⇒ cos 3 θ + 2 cos 2 θ − 1 = 0 cos θ = − 1 × ( r e j e c t e d ) o r cos θ = 2 5 − 1 .
Now by putting value of cos θ & sin θ . in expression of 'r' we get
⇒ r = . 3 0 0 2 .
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