If the inradius, the exradius (of the circle tangent to the side opposite to ) and the circumradius of are , , and respectively, then the measure of , in degrees, is
This problem is part of the set Trigonometry .
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Notation: r is the inradius, r 3 is the exradius of the circle with respect to C and R is the circumradius.
We know that r = 4 R sin ( 2 A ) sin ( 2 B ) sin ( 2 C )
⇒ sin ( 2 A ) sin ( 2 B ) sin ( 2 C ) = 1 0 1 ....................(1)
We also know that r 3 = 4 R cos ( 2 A ) cos ( 2 B ) sin ( 2 C )
⇒ cos ( 2 A ) cos ( 2 B ) sin ( 2 C ) = 5 3 ..........................(2)
Subtracting (1) from (2), we get
cos ( 2 A ) cos ( 2 B ) sin ( 2 C ) − sin ( 2 A ) sin ( 2 B ) sin ( 2 C ) = 5 3 − 1 0 1
sin ( 2 C ) ( cos ( 2 A ) cos ( 2 B ) − sin ( 2 A ) sin ( 2 B ) ) = 2 1
sin ( 2 C ) cos ( 2 A + B ) = 2 1
2 sin ( 2 C ) cos ( 2 C ) = 1
sin ( C ) = 1
∴ C = 9 0 ∘