Incircle area of a 16-16-24 isosceles triangle
Question
An isosceles triangle has sides , and . The biggest circle that fits inside it has area with in lowest terms. Compute .
Short answer
. The height onto the base of is , so the area is . Dividing by the semiperimeter gives inradius , and , so .
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