2018 AIME I Problems/Problem 8
Let 
be an equiangular hexagon such that 
, and 
. Denote 
the diameter of the largest circle that fits inside the hexagon. Find 
.
Solution 1
- cooljoseph
First of all, draw a good diagram! This is always the key to solving any geometry problem. Once you draw it, realize that 
. Why? Because since the hexagon is equiangular, we can put an equilateral triangle around it, with side length 
. Then, if you drew it to scale, notice that the "widest" this circle can be according to 
is 
. And it will be obvious that the sides won't be inside the circle, so our answer is 
.
-expiLnCalc
Solution 2
Like solution 1, draw out the large equilateral triangle with side length 
. Let the tangent point of the circle at 
be G and the tangent point of the circle at 
be H. Clearly, GH is the diameter of our circle, and is also perpendicular to and .
The equilateral triangle of side length 
is similar to our large equilateral triangle of . And the height of the former equilateral triangle is 
. By our similarity condition,
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Solving this equation gives 
, and 
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