In , is one of its heights. The red, green and blue circles are the incircles of , and respectively. The radius of the blue circle is twice the radius of the red circle, while the radius of the green circle is . Moreover, the length of is three times the radius of the blue circle.
Find the circumradius of .
Side note: The idea came after dissecting, rearranging and stretching @Fletcher Mattox 's figure in Red, Blue and Greenish .
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Typically, I am using the dirty Trigonometry to solve this pure and beautiful Geometry problem. Then again, I'm a Chinese. And whether it is a white cat or black cat, so long as it catches mice, it is a good cat. Specifically, I am using the fact that the line joining a vertex of a triangle to its incenter bisects the vertex angle.
Let the radius of the red circle be r , then the radius of the blue circle is 2 r and A D = 6 r . Let ∠ B A D = α . Consider the red circle and A D :
r cot 2 α + r cot 2 α + 1 ⟹ tan 2 α tan α = A D = 6 r = 6 = 5 1 = 1 − 2 5 1 2 ⋅ 5 1 = 1 2 5 ⟹ B D = 2 . 5 r , A B = 6 . 5 r
Similarly, for the green circle and A D :
3 cot 2 β + 3 tan 2 β = 6 r = 2 r − 1 1
The blue circle and A B :
2 r cot 2 α + β + 2 r cot 2 9 0 ∘ − α 4 ⋅ 5 1 + 2 r − 1 1 1 − 5 ( 2 r − 1 ) 1 + 4 ⋅ 1 − 5 1 1 + 5 1 r + 2 2 0 r − 1 2 + 6 2 0 r − 1 2 ⟹ r = 6 . 5 r = 1 3 = 1 3 = 7 r + 1 4 = 2 ⟹ tan 2 β = 3 1 , tan β = 4 3 , D C = 9
Then the circumradius R of △ A B C is given by:
2 R ⟹ R = sin ∠ B A C B C = sin ( α + β ) 5 + 9 = 5 6 1 4 ⋅ 6 5 = 8 6 5 = 8 . 1 2 5