WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

The Area of a Triangle inside the Incircle

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AB
≈
10.09
AC
≈
9.01
r
≈
2.82
area(IDE)
≈
3.65
area(ABC)
≈
41.80
AB
×
AC
×
area(IDE)
≈
332.10
2
r
×
area(ABC)
≈
332.10
Let ABC be a triangle and let
r
be the radius of its incircle with center I. Let D and E be the feet of the perpendiculars from I onto AB and AC, respectively. Then
AB×AC×area(IDE)=
2
r
×area(ABC)
.