Formulas: Radius of Inscribed and Circumscribed Circle in a Triangle

8:26 PM | Published Unknown | 6 comments

One of the common word problems in plane geometry is finding either the radius of the inscribed circle or the radius of circumscribed circle in a triangle. Familiarize yourself with the different formulas of finding the radius according to the kind of triangles involved. The efficiency of getting the correct solutions for every problems is directly proportional to number of times you practice solving similar problems.

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6 comments:

Mr. BatrezFebruary 14, 2018 at 10:25 AM
It's wrong formula scalene triangle for R. Should be abc/(4sqrt(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c))) where s=.5(a + b +c)
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UnknownSeptember 16, 2018 at 10:59 PM
What does s mean
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UnknownJanuary 7, 2019 at 12:06 PM
What re S, P, AT?
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UnknownJanuary 7, 2019 at 12:07 PM
I meant what are ...S, P, AT
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UnknownFebruary 16, 2020 at 2:04 AM
Thanks for this...
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