The diagram shows a scalene triangle. We draw its incircle (orange). Then we draw the shortest segments between each vertex of the triangle and its incircle (red, green and blue). We give their distances:
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Very instructive, thank you!
@Valentin Duringer You welcome! Your problems are interesting. Keep up this nice work.
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First we calculate the inradius r of △ A B C .
On △ A I E , sin 2 A = A I I E = 6 6 + r r . Similarly, sin 2 B = 4 0 + r r and sin 2 C = 2 5 5 + r r .
Now, we use the trigonometric identity sin 2 2 A + sin 2 2 B + sin 2 2 C = 1 − 2 sin 2 A ⋅ sin 2 B ⋅ sin 2 C and we get the equation ( 6 6 + r r ) 2 + ( 4 0 + r r ) 2 + ( 2 5 5 + r r ) 2 = 1 − 2 ⋅ 6 6 + r r ⋅ 4 0 + r r ⋅ 2 5 5 + r r ( 1 )
With the substitution x = r 1 , ( 1 ) ⇔ ( 6 6 x + 1 1 ) 2 + ( 4 0 x + 1 1 ) 2 + ( 2 7 . 5 x + 1 1 ) 2 = 1 − 2 6 6 x + 1 1 ⋅ 4 0 x + 1 1 ⋅ 2 7 . 5 x + 1 1 ⇔ … ⇔ ( 1 2 7 7 7 6 0 0 0 x 5 + 2 2 6 5 1 2 0 0 x 4 + 1 4 8 8 9 6 0 x 3 + 4 6 6 5 6 x 2 + 6 9 9 x + 4 ) ( 1 6 5 x − 4 ) = 0 ( 2 )
Since all the coefficients of the 5th degree polynomial in the first brackets are positive numbers, this polynomial does not have any positive real roots, thus, for x > 0 , ( 2 ) ⇔ 1 6 5 x − 4 = 0 ⇔ x = 1 6 5 4 This gives r = 4 1 6 5 .
Now, we calculate some useful trigonometric numbers:
sin 2 A = 6 6 + r r = 6 6 + 4 1 6 5 4 1 6 5 ⇒ sin 2 A = 1 3 5 .
Hence, cos 2 A = 1 3 1 2 , sin 4 A = 2 1 − cos 2 A = 2 6 1 , cos 4 A = 2 6 5 , thus, tan 4 A = 5 1 .
On △ A E I , A E = A I cos 2 A = ( 6 6 + 4 1 6 5 ) × 1 3 1 2 = 9 9 .
Then, for the common tangent line segment F E of the incircle and the circle ( D , r 1 ) , we know that F E = 2 r ⋅ r 1 , hence F E = 1 6 5 ⋅ r 1 (Pythagoras’ theorem on △ I N D .)
On △ A F D , F D = A F ⋅ tan 4 A = 5 1 ( A E − F E ) ⇒ r 1 = 5 1 ( 9 9 − 1 6 5 ⋅ r 1 ) ⇒ … ⇒ r 1 = 1 0 2 3 1 − 1 0 3 3 1 3
Working in the same way, we can calculate the radii of the other two small circles:
r 2 = 2 2 5 5 5 − 2 2 4 5 6 5 and r 3 = 2 5 5 − 6 5 5 5 .
The sum of the radii of the six small circles is 2 ( r 1 + r 2 + r 3 ) = 1 6 5 2 5 0 2 3 − 3 0 2 5 5 − 1 0 8 9 1 3 − 6 7 5 6 5 .
For the answer, c a − e − b − f − d + g − h = 5 2 5 0 2 3 − 1 3 − 3 0 2 5 − 6 7 5 − 1 0 8 9 + 6 5 − 1 6 5 = 1 1 3 .