document.write( "Question 419596: Let a quadrilateral be given with sides a, b, c, and d. Suppose the quadrilateral is cyclic, and that it also has a circle inscribed in it. Show that its area is given by sqrt(abcd).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Area^2=(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)(s-d), where s is the semi perimeter. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #293420 by richard1234(7193)\"\" \"About 
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I don't recall the formula \"A+=+sqrt%28abcd%29\" (maybe I just haven't seen it. Note that the quadrilateral must be able to have circles inscribed and circumscribed around it). I am pretty familiar with Brahmagupta's formula, which is a special case of Bretschneider's formula (the area of any quadrilateral with known interior angles).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The proof is somewhat lengthy, so I won't post one here. However, Wikipedia has some good articles about Bretschneider's and Brahmagupta's formulas, including their proofs, so I'll post them here:\r
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