Saturday, April 11, 2009

Problem 28. Right Triangle, altitude, incircles, inradius

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 Problem 28. Right Triangle, altitude, incircles, inradius.

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Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry

3 comments:

  1. Let incircle of Tr. ABC meet AB in H. Thus, AE = AH = AB - BH = c - r = c - (c+a-b)/2 = (c-a+b)/2.
    From Tr ABD, AD = c^2/b. Hence, DE = AE - AD = (c-a+b)/2 -c^2/b = (bc -ab+b^2-2c^2)/2 ------(1)
    Triangles ABD & CBD give 2r2=CD+BD -a and 2r1= AD+BD -c whence 2r2 -2r1 = CD - AD + c - a = a^2/b - c^2/b + c -a or r2-r1=(bc-ab+a^2-c^2)/2b = (bc-ab+b^2-2c^2)/2---(2) since b^2=a^2+c^2. Equations (1) & (2) give us r2 -r1 = DE whereas it is appaent from the diagram that FG =r2 - r1. Hence, DE = FG = r2 - r1
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  2. AB=a , BC =b , AD= n , DC= m and BD = h

    For the radius of the circles we have the following equations :

    2r=a+b-m-n
    2r1 = n+h-a
    2r2 =m+h-b

    DC= m and EC= b-r so we get :

    DE =DC-EC=m-(b-r)

    using the formula for 2r :

    2DE=2m-2b+2r
    2DE=2m-2b+a+b-n-m
    2DE=m-b+a-n
    2DE=m+h-b+a-h-n
    2DE=m+h-b-(n+h-a)


    m+h-b=2r2 and n+h-a =2r1 therefore we get :

    2DE=2r2-2r1
    DE=r2-r1

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  3. How to find the inradius of tr. ABC?

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