Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Problem 361: Right triangle, Incircle, Incenter, Tangency points, Angle

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Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry

3 comments:

  1. We've angle AED = angle AED = (180-A)/2 = 90 -A/2
    Futher from Tr. FEC, α = angle AED - angle ACF =90-A/2-C/2 = angle B/2 since angs.(A+B+C)=180 deg. which, in turn, means that α = 90/2 = 45 deg.
    Vihaan: vihaanup@gmail.com

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  2. @vihaan
    Pls explain this step

    We've angle AED = angle AED = (180-A)/2 = 90 -A/2

    How do we get this?????

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  3. /_AED+/_ADE+/_A=180 but /_AED=/_ADE (equal tangents). So 2/_ADE+/_A=180 or /_ADE=/_AED=90- A/2
    Vihaan

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