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Triangle Circle (Posted on 2004-11-20) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Begin with a right triangle with hypotenuse h.

Inscribe a circle and label its radius, r.

What is the ratio of the area of the circle to that of the triangle?

See The Solution Submitted by SilverKnight    
Rating: 3.0000 (4 votes)

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re: Solution (alternate expression) | Comment 4 of 9 |
(In reply to Solution by np_rt)

My calculations concur, Good Job! I like a slightly different formulation of the final ratio:

Pi/(1+h/r)

This gives the area ratio as a function of the ratio of the hypotenuse and radius. Merely a matter of taste :-)


  Posted by owl on 2004-11-20 19:40:32
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