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Help needed on Geometry problem
By patience, history, 9 years ago, In English

Problem description: In problem given the radius on interior circle of a triangle.This circle touces the triangle at p,q,r points. These points divide each side respcetively,m1:n1,m2:n2,m3:n3. Now my task is to find out the area of triangle.` I can only find the area of interior circle from the area of a traingle and its semiperimeter. But now i am stuck in this problem.How can i handle this Problem.

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Thanks in advance.

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The area of a triangle is the product of its semiperimeter and inradius, so since you're given the inradius and you can find the semiperimeter, just multiply them.

See for example here. Hope this helps!

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