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Sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5. If R denotes circumradius and r denotes inradius then find R/r?

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Sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5. If R denotes circumradius and r denotes inradius then find R/r?
posted Dec 11, 2017 by anonymous

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In radius for a 3,4,5 Pythagorean triangle is 1=r.
R = Circumradius = 3*4*5/(4*r*(3+4+5)/2)
R/r = 3*5/(6) = 2.5.

answer Dec 11, 2017 by Tejas Naik



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