A circle is inscribed in a triangle ABC with sides a,b,c. Tangents to the circle parallel to the sides of the triangle are contructe. Each of these tangents cuts off a triagnle from △ABC. In each of these triangles, a circle is inscribed. Find the sum of the areas of all four inscribed circles (in terms of a,b,c).
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Source: IMO 1964, Day 1, Problem 3
Tags: geometry, perimeter, inradius, area of a triangle, Heron's formula, IMO, IMO 1964
18.10.2005 14:52
Let (I,r) the inscribed circle of △ABC The tangent parallel to the side BC intersects the sides AB,AC at the points B1,C1, forming in this way a triangle T1=△AB1C1. Since B1C1∥BC, we have △AB1C1∼△ABC, with ratio of similarity m1=B1C1BC Similarly, the other formed triangles T2=△A2BC2, T3=△A3B3C are also similar to △ABC, with ratio m2 and m3 respectively. The distance of the parallel lines BC,B1C1 is 2r Let AD the altitude of △ABC, and AD1 the altitude of △AB1C1 We bring a parallel line L from A to BC. From the parallel lines L,B1C1,BC we get: AD1AD=AB1AB=m1⇒ AD1=m1AD But DD1 is the diameter of (I,r), so DD1=2r⇒AD=AD1+2r AD=m1AD+2r⇒ (1−m1)AD=2r⇒ ADr=21−m1 (1) Let s=a+b+c2, the semi-perimeter of △ABC The area of ABC can be expressed in two different ways: (ABC)=AD⋅a2=s⋅r⇒ ADr=2sa (2) (1),(2)⇒ 21−m1=2sa So we find that m1=s−as, and similarly m2=s−bs,m3=s−cs The area of (I,r) is π⋅r2. Each of the triangles T1,T2,T3 is similar to the triangle ABC, so the incircle of Tk is similar to (I,r) with the same ratio of similarity mk. So we have: Inradius of T1=m1⋅r Inradius of T2=m2⋅r Inradius of T3=m3⋅r Hence, the areas of their inscribed circles are πm12r2, πm22r2, πm32r2 So we want the sum S=π⋅r2⋅(1+m12+m22+m32) The problem is already solved, because m1,m2,m3 are functions of a,b,c. But I'll try to find another expression, not containing m1,m2,m3 m12=(s−as)2=(1−as)2=1−2as+a2s2 m22=(s−bs)2=(1−bs)2=1−2bs+b2s2 m32=(s−cs)2=(1−cs)2=1−2cs+c2s2 ⇒ m12+m22+m32=3−2⋅a+b+cs+a2+b2+c2s2 m12+m22+m32=3−2⋅2+a2+b2+c2s2=−1+a2+b2+c2s2 Hence, 1+m12+m22+m32=a2+b2+c2s2 Finally, S=π⋅r2⋅a2+b2+c2s2
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05.11.2010 21:13
Addition S=π⋅r2⋅a2+b2+c2s2 We know that the area of ABC can be expressed as: (ABC)=s⋅r⇒r=(ABC)s S=π⋅((ABC)s)2⋅a2+b2+c2s2 S=π⋅(ABC)2⋅a2+b2+c2s4 We know also Heron's formula: (ABC)=√s(s−a)(s−b)(s−c) S=π⋅s(s−a)(s−b)(s−c)⋅a2+b2+c2s4 S=π⋅(s−a)(s−b)(s−c)⋅a2+b2+c2s3 Because s=a+b+c2, s−a=−a+b+c2, s−b=a−b+c2 and s−c=a+b−c2: S=π⋅(a+b−c)(b+c−a)(c+a−b)(a2+b2+c2)(a+b+c)3
01.02.2023 20:33
Obviously the three smaller triangles are similar to triangle ABC. We employ barycentric coordinates with reference triangle ABC. Since I=(aa+b+c,ba+b+c,ca+b+c), the ratios of the side lengths to the side lengths of ABC are a+b−ca+b+c,a−b+ca+b+c,−a+b+ca+b+c,a+b+ca+b+c.Summing the squares, the ratio of the final area to the area of the inscribed circle of triangle ABC is just 4(a2+b2+c2)(a+b+c)2.So our answer is just π(a2+b2+c2)(a+b−c)(a−b+c)(−a+b+c)(a+b+c)3.