Question 877498
So there is a circle with a radius of ten and the center of the circle at (10,10) and the circle is tangent to the x and y axis. There is an equilateral triangle inscribed to the circle with one of the vertex's at (20,10). How do you find the length of one side of the triangle? How do you find the coordinates of the other vertices?
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The radius of the triangle = 10
Lines from the center to the 3 vertices make 3 isoceles triangles.
Lines from the center perpendicular to the 3 sides make 6 right triangles with hyp = 10 and angles of 30 degrees.
The perpendicular lines from the center are 5 units long.
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Pythagoras --> 1/2 the side of the triangle = 5sqrt(3) units.
Each side = {{{10sqrt(3)}}}
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The side parallel to the x-axis is 5 units from the center --> y = 5
The circle is {{{(x-10)^2 + (y-10)^2 = 100}}}
Sub 5 for y
{{{(x-10)^2 + (5-10)^2 = 100}}}
{{{x^2 - 20x + 25 = 0}}}
*[invoke solve_quadratic_equation 1,-20,25]
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{{{x = 10 +- 5sqrt(3)}}}
Vertices at (1.34,5) and (18.66,5)