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Latest revision as of 08:07, 25 July 2024
Problem 7
The area of a circle inscribed in an equilateral triangle is 
. The perimeter of this triangle is:
Solution
![[asy] draw((-3,-sqrt(3))--(3,-sqrt(3))--(0,2sqrt(3))--cycle); draw(circle((0,0),sqrt(3))); dot((0,0)); draw((0,0)--(0,-sqrt(3))); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/0/4/104af9dce61eb4c467e4ae03dc64a9d78c07c8bc.png)
We can see that the radius of the circle is 
. We know that the radius is 
of each median line of the triangle; each median line is therefore 
. Since the median line completes a 
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triangle, we can conclude that one of the sides of the triangle is 
. Triple the side length and we get our answer, 
.
See Also
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