Radius of Incircle of a Triangle Given its Excircles

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What is the radius of incircle of a triangle whose radi of excircles are 11, 22, and 33?


The answer is 6.

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Curtis Clement
Jan 24, 2015

If we let the radii of the excircles be e 1 e_{1} , e 2 e_{2} and e 3 e_{3} and then let the radius of the incircle be r {r} . There is a formula which states that: 1 e 1 + 1 e 2 + 1 e 3 = 1 r 1 r = 6 + 3 + 2 66 = 1 6 r = 6 \frac{1}{e_1}\ + \frac{1}{e_2}\ + \frac{1}{e_3}\ = \frac{1}{r}\Rightarrow\frac{1}{r}\ = \frac{6+3+2}{66}\ = \frac{1}{6}\therefore\ r= 6

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