What are the coordinates?

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If A B C ABC is an equilateral triangle 4 units in length, where D D is it's incentre, what are the coordinates of D D ?

I assume you can see the x x value is 2, so find the y y value to two decimal places.


The answer is 1.15.

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1 solution

Drex Beckman
Feb 13, 2016

Since it is equilateral, we know CAB is 60 degrees. To find the incentre, we bisect that angle, giving us a 30 degree angle at CAD. We also know AC is 4 units long. We can realize easily that AD is congruent to CD by ASA, therefore ADC will be 120 degrees. We can solve for AD using the law of sines: s i n ( 120 ) 4 = s i n ( 30 ) A D \frac{sin(120)}{4}=\frac{sin(30)}{\overline{AD}} A D = 4 s i n ( 30 ) s i n ( 120 ) 2.31 \overline{AD}=\frac{4\cdot sin(30)}{sin(120)}\approx 2.31 We now have the polar coordinates: (2.31, 30) which we can convert into Cartesian coordinates: x = c o s ( 30 ) 2.31 = 2 x=cos(30) 2.31 = 2 y = s i n ( 30 ) 2.31 1.1547 y=sin(30) 2.31\approx 1.1547 . Rounding to nearest hundredths, 1.15 \boxed{1.15} .

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