The inscribed circle has its center at the point of intersection of the angle bisectors, which also happen to be the medians. Hence the altitude of the triangle is 3 times the radius, or 12 inches.
The side length of this triangle is 2/√3 times the altitude, so the area is
... Area = (1/2)·b·h = (1/2)·(24/√3 in)·(12 in)
... Area = 48√3 in² ≈ 83.1384 in²
<em>10 meters.</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
To find the missing side of a right triangle, we can use the <u>Pythagorean theorem</u>.
The Pythagorean theorem is...
Please be sure to note that a and b will <em>always </em>be the length of the sides and c will <em>always </em>be the hypotenuse, or in this case the ramp.
Since we know the values of both of the sides we can plug this into the theorem.
Now we can solve.
Add.
Many people will make the mistake of thinking 100 is the final answer, but since c is squared we need to find the square root of 100.
c = 10
<em><u>The ramp is 10 meters.</u></em>