Question Number 49830 by ajfour last updated on 11/Dec/18
Commented by ajfour last updated on 11/Dec/18
$${Find}\:{circumradius}\:\boldsymbol{{r}}\:{in}\:{terms}\:{of}\:\boldsymbol{{a}}. \\ $$
Answered by mr W last updated on 11/Dec/18
$${r}=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}\sqrt{\frac{\left({ab}+{cd}\right)\left({ac}+{bd}\right)\left({ad}+{bc}\right)}{\left({s}−{a}\right)\left({s}−{b}\right)\left({s}−{c}\right)\left({s}−{d}\right)}} \\ $$$${s}=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left({a}+{b}+{c}+{d}\right)=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left({a}+\mathrm{2}{a}+\mathrm{3}{a}+\mathrm{4}{a}\right)=\mathrm{5}{a} \\ $$$${r}=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}\sqrt{\frac{\left(\mathrm{2}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{12}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\mathrm{3}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{8}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\mathrm{4}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{6}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)}{\left(\mathrm{4}{a}\right)\left(\mathrm{3}{a}\right)\left(\mathrm{2}{a}\right)\left({a}\right)}} \\ $$$${r}=\frac{{a}}{\mathrm{4}}\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{14}×\mathrm{11}×\mathrm{10}}{\mathrm{4}×\mathrm{3}×\mathrm{2}×\mathrm{1}}} \\ $$$${r}=\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{2310}}\:{a}}{\mathrm{24}}\approx\mathrm{2}.\mathrm{0026}\:{a} \\ $$
Commented by mr W last updated on 11/Dec/18
Commented by ajfour last updated on 11/Dec/18
$${Thank}\:{you}\:{Sir}!\:\left({dint}\:{know}\:{of}\:{the}\right. \\ $$$$\left.{formula}\right). \\ $$
Answered by behi83417@gmail.com last updated on 11/Dec/18
$${let}:\frac{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} }=\lambda \\ $$$${cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \frac{\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} −{a}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} }+{cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \frac{\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{4}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} }+{cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \frac{\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{9}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} }+ \\ $$$${cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \frac{\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{16}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} }=\mathrm{2}\pi \\ $$$${cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left(\mathrm{1}−\lambda\right)+{cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{4}\lambda\right)+{cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{9}\lambda\right)+ \\ $$$$+{cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{16}\lambda\right)=\mathrm{2}\pi\Rightarrow \\ $$$${a}+{b}+{c}+{d}=\mathrm{2}\pi\Rightarrow{cos}\left({a}+{c}\right)={cos}\left({b}+{d}\right) \\ $$$${cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left(\mathrm{1}−\lambda\right)+{cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{9}\lambda\right)=\mathrm{2}\pi−\left[{cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{2}\lambda\right)+{cos}^{−\mathrm{1}} \left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{16}\lambda\right)\right] \\ $$$${cos}\left({a}+{c}\right)=\left(\mathrm{1}−\lambda\right).\left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{9}\lambda\right)−\left[\left(\mathrm{1}−\left(\mathrm{1}−\lambda\right)^{\mathrm{2}} \right]\left[\left[\mathrm{1}−\left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{9}\lambda\right)^{\mathrm{2}} \right]=\right.\right. \\ $$$$=\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{10}\lambda−\mathrm{27}\lambda^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{180}\lambda^{\mathrm{3}} −\mathrm{81}\lambda^{\mathrm{4}} \\ $$$${cos}\left({b}+{d}\right)=\left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{4}\lambda\right)\left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{16}\lambda\right)−\left[\left(\mathrm{1}−\left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{4}\lambda\right)^{\mathrm{2}} \right]\left[\left(\mathrm{1}−\left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{16}\lambda\right)^{\mathrm{2}} \right]=\right.\right. \\ $$$$=\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{20}\lambda−\mathrm{192}\lambda^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{2560}\lambda^{\mathrm{3}} −\mathrm{4096}\lambda^{\mathrm{4}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{10}\lambda−\mathrm{27}\lambda^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{180}\lambda^{\mathrm{3}} −\mathrm{81}\lambda^{\mathrm{4}} = \\ $$$$\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{20}\lambda−\mathrm{192}\lambda^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{2560}\lambda^{\mathrm{3}} −\mathrm{4096}\lambda^{\mathrm{4}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\mathrm{4015}\lambda^{\mathrm{3}} −\mathrm{2380}\lambda^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{165}\lambda+\mathrm{10}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\lambda=\frac{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} }=\mathrm{0}.\mathrm{5008},\mathrm{0}.\mathrm{1302}\Rightarrow\: \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\frac{{a}}{{r}}=\mathrm{1}.\mathrm{007},\mathrm{0}.\mathrm{5103} \\ $$
Answered by mr W last updated on 11/Dec/18
$${an}\:{other}\:{way}\:{without}\:{using}\:{formula}: \\ $$$${let}\:\alpha=\angle{A} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\angle{C}=\pi−\alpha \\ $$$${let}\:{BD}={l} \\ $$$${l}^{\mathrm{2}} ={a}^{\mathrm{2}} +\left(\mathrm{4}{a}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{2}\left({a}\right)\left(\mathrm{4}{a}\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\alpha \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{l}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{17}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{8}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\mathrm{cos}\:\alpha \\ $$$${l}^{\mathrm{2}} =\left(\mathrm{2}{a}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +\left(\mathrm{3}{a}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{2}\left(\mathrm{2}{a}\right)\left(\mathrm{3}{a}\right)\mathrm{cos}\:\left(\pi−\alpha\right) \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{l}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{13}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{12}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\mathrm{cos}\:\alpha \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\mathrm{13}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{12}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\mathrm{cos}\:\alpha=\mathrm{17}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{8}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\mathrm{cos}\:\alpha \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\mathrm{cos}\:\alpha=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{5}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{l}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{17}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{8}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} ×\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{5}}=\frac{\mathrm{77}}{\mathrm{5}}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{l}=\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{385}}}{\mathrm{5}}\:{a} \\ $$$${r}\:{is}\:{circumradius}\:{of}\:\Delta{ABD}\:{with}\:{sides} \\ $$$${a},\:\mathrm{4}{a},\:\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{385}}}{\mathrm{5}}{a}. \\ $$$${r}=\frac{{a}×\mathrm{4}{a}×\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{385}}}{\mathrm{5}}{a}}{\:\sqrt{\left({a}+\mathrm{4}{a}+\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{385}}}{\mathrm{5}}{a}\right)\left(−{a}+\mathrm{4}{a}+\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{385}}}{\mathrm{5}}{a}\right)\left({a}−\mathrm{4}{a}+\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{385}}}{\mathrm{5}}{a}\right)\left({a}+\mathrm{4}{a}−\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{385}}}{\mathrm{5}}{a}\right)}} \\ $$$${r}=\frac{\mathrm{4}×\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{385}}}{\mathrm{5}}{a}}{\:\sqrt{\left(\frac{\mathrm{385}}{\mathrm{25}}−\mathrm{9}\right)\left(\mathrm{25}−\frac{\mathrm{385}}{\mathrm{25}}\right)}}=\frac{\mathrm{20}\sqrt{\mathrm{385}}{a}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{160}×\mathrm{240}}} \\ $$$${r}=\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{385}}{a}}{\mathrm{4}\sqrt{\mathrm{6}}}=\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{2310}}\:{a}}{\mathrm{24}}\approx\mathrm{2}.\mathrm{0026}\:{a} \\ $$