Question icon
Grade 1010 grade maths

circle with centre A and radius 3,circle with centre B and radius 24,circle with centre C and radius 27 touch each other externally i.e every circle touches the remaining two circles.Find the inradius of triangle ABC

Profile image of Matt Farrel
12 Years agoGrade 10
Answers icon

1 Answer

Profile image of Jitender Singh
11 Years ago
Ans:
Hello Student,
Please find answer to your question below

You have the sides of triangle ABC ehich is the sum of radius.
a = 24 + 27 = 51
b = 3 + 27 = 30
c = 3 + 24 = 27

Inradius r
r = \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{(a+b-c)(b+c-a)(c+a-b)}{a+b+c}}
r = \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{(51+30-27)(30+27-51)(27+51-30)}{51+30+27}}
r = \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{54.6.48}{108}}
r = \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{6.6.4}{1}}
r = \frac{1}{2}.6.2 = 6