Try this beautiful problem from the American Invitational Mathematics Examination I, AIME I, 1999 based on Inscribed circle and perimeter.
Inscribed circle and perimeter – AIME I, 1999
The inscribed circle of triangle ABC is tangent to AB at P, and its radius is 21 given that AP=23 and PB=27 find the perimeter of the triangle
is 107
is 345
is 840
cannot be determined from the given information
Key Concepts
Inscribed circle
Perimeter
Triangle
Check the Answer
Answer: is 345.
AIME I, 1999, Question 12
Geometry Vol I to IV by Hall and Stevens
Try with Hints
Q tangency pt on AC, R tangency pt on BC AP=AQ=23 BP=BR=27 CQ=CR=x and
\(s \times r =A\) and \(s=\frac{27 \times 2+23 \times 2+x \times 2}{2}=50+x\) and A=\(({(50+x)(x)(23)(27)})\) then from these equations 441(50+x)=621x then x=\(\frac{245}{2}\)
The length of any side of a triangle is not more than half of its perimeter
Key Concepts
Triangle Inequality
Perimeter
Geometry
Check the Answer
Answer: Yes we can definitely prove that by Triangle Inequality
Mathematical Circles – Chapter 6 – Inequalities Problem 3
Mathematical Circles by Dmitri Fomin , Sergey Genkin , Llia Itenberg
Try with Hints
We can start this sum by using this picture below
The length of the three sides of this triangle are a,b and c. So if we apply triangle inequality which implies that the length of one side of a triangle is less than the sum of the lengths of the two sides of that triangle. In reference to the theorem
b + c > a
So can you try to do the rest of the sum ????????
According to the question we have to find the perimeter at first
Perimeter is the sum of the length of all sides of the triangle = a + b + c
And the length of each side is a or b or c.
We have to prove : a + b + c > length of any one side
This can be one of the most important hint for this problem. Try to do the rest of the sum …………………………..
Here is the rest of the sum :
As stated above if we use triangle inequality :
b + c > a
Lets add a to both the sides
a + b + c > a + a
a + b + c > 2 a
The left hand side of the above inequality is the perimeter of this triangle.
perimeter > 2 a
So , \(\frac {perimeter}{2} > a \)
\(\frac {perimeter}{2} \) = semi perimeter
Hence this is proved that the length of one side of a triangle is less than half of its perimeter.
A perimeter is a path that encompasses/surrounds a two-dimensional shape. It can be thought of as the length of the outline of a shape.
Try the problem from AMC UP, 2014- Problem 11
These two squares, each with a side length of 10 cm, overlap as shown in the diagram. The shape of the overlap is also a square which has an area of 16 square centimeters. In centimeter s, what is the perimeter of the combined shape?
Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC UP), 2014, Problem No. 11
Perimeter
2 out of 10
Elementary Algebra by Hall and Knigh
Knowledge Graph
Use some hints
Find the Perimeter of 2 boxes
\((4 \times 10) \times 2\)
\(80 cm\)
The perimeter of small box
\(4 \times 4\)
16 cm
So the remaining boxes Space perimeter is 80 – 16 = 64 cm
A circle is a curve which maintains same distance from a fixed point called center.
The perimeter of a circle is the length of the curve and area of a circle is portion of a plane bounded by the curve.
Try the problem
A ball with diameter 4 inches starts at point A to roll along the track shown. The track is comprised of 3 semicircular arcs whose radii are $R_1 = 100$ inches, $R_2 = 60$ inches, and $R_3 = 80$ inches, respectively. The ball always remains in contact with the track and does not slip. What is the distance the center of the ball travels over the course from A to B?
