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Old 08-06-2007, 12:13 PM
jay_shark jay_shark is offline
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Default Circle Geometry re-visited .

Given a circle with radius R and an inscribed triangle ABC with inradius r , show that r= 4Rsin(A/2)sin(B/2)sin(C/2) .

The shorter the solution , the better !!
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Old 08-06-2007, 09:43 PM
TomCowley TomCowley is offline
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Default Re: Circle Geometry re-visited .

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/triangle...ngle.shtml#p4R

Just a bunch of double-angle manipulations, really. It takes 10 seconds to derive r=abc/4Rp which is just as simple.
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