Draw a triangle of sides 4 centimetres, 5 centimetres, 6 centimetres and draw its incircle. Calculate its radius.

Steps of construction:


1) Draw a line BC = 4 cm



2) Taking B as center, draw an arc of radius 5 cm and then taking C as center, draw an arc of 6 cm which intersects previous arc at A.



ABC is the required triangle.


3) Draw the angle bisector of ABC and ACB, which intersect each other at O.



4) Draw OP BC, and taking O as center, draw a circle with radius as OP.



Calculation of radius:


We know, radius of incircle


Where, A = area of triangle


And s = semi-perimeter of triangle


Also, We know, area of triangle = √(s(s - a)(s - b)(s - c))


Where, a, b and c are sides and s is the semi-perimeter calculated as




area = (7.5(7.5 - 4)(7.5 - 5)(7.5-6)


= √(7.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 × 1.5 )



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