Triangles glued to squares with a circle
The figure above is not drawn to scale. Square C and right triangles A and B are glued into a big right angled triangle. A circle is inscribed in Square C and just touches the Perimeter of the square. Given that the hypothenuses of A and B are 7cm and 24cm respectively, find the Radius of the circle in cm
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The answer is 4.5.
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1 solution
I’n sorry for putting a wrong answer, it should be 3.36, not 4.5. Look at the other solutions to see why.