A triangle has vertices A, B, and C. Vertex A has an angle of #pi/2 #, vertex B has an angle of #( pi)/4 #, and the triangle's area is #15 #. What is the area of the triangle's incircle?

Answer 1

#r= sqrt30/(2+sqrt2)#

Triangle ABC is a right triangle. Since one of its angle is #pi/4# it is an isosceles triangle also. If one of the equal sides is 'x' , its area would be #1/2 x*x= 1/2 x^2#
Thus #1/2 x^2 =15 -> = sqrt30#
The hypotenuse of the right triangle ABC would be #sqrt(30+30)= sqrt60#
The sum of the sides of triagle ABC would this be #sqrt30+sqrt30 +sqrt60= sqrt30 (2+sqrt2)#

If 'r' is the radius of the incircle then

#r= 2(Area of triangle)/(sum of the sides of the triangle)# Thus #r= 30/(sqrt30 (2+sqrt2)#
#r= sqrt30/(2+sqrt2)#
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Answer 2

The area of the triangle's incircle can be calculated using the formula:

[ \text{Area of incircle} = \frac{s}{2} \cdot r ]

Where ( s ) is the semi-perimeter of the triangle and ( r ) is the radius of the incircle. The semi-perimeter ( s ) can be calculated as:

[ s = \frac{a + b + c}{2} ]

Given that one angle of the triangle is ( \frac{\pi}{2} ) and another is ( \frac{\pi}{4} ), we can infer that the third angle is ( \frac{\pi}{4} ) as well, making it an isosceles right triangle. Let's denote the length of the sides opposite to the angles ( \frac{\pi}{4} ) as ( a ).

Then, using trigonometry, we find that ( a = b = c = \frac{15\sqrt{2}}{2} ). Now, we can calculate the semi-perimeter ( s ).

[ s = \frac{a + b + c}{2} = \frac{3 \cdot 15\sqrt{2}}{2} ]

Now, we can find the radius of the incircle using the formula:

[ r = \frac{\text{Area of triangle}}{s} = \frac{15}{\frac{3 \cdot 15\sqrt{2}}{2}} = \frac{2}{\sqrt{2}} = \sqrt{2} ]

Finally, we calculate the area of the incircle:

[ \text{Area of incircle} = \frac{s}{2} \cdot r = \frac{\frac{3 \cdot 15\sqrt{2}}{2}}{2} \cdot \sqrt{2} = \frac{45}{4} ]

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