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Revision as of 18:13, 12 June 2023
Brahmagupta's Formula is a formula for determining the area of a cyclic quadrilateral given only the four side lengths.
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Contents
[hide]Proofs
If we draw , we find that
. Since
,
. Hence,
. Multiplying by 2 and squaring, we get:
Substituting
results in
By the Law of Cosines,
.
, so a little rearranging gives
Similar formulas
Bretschneider's formula gives a formula for the area of a non-cyclic quadrilateral given only the side lengths; applying Ptolemy's Theorem to Bretschneider's formula reduces it to Brahmagupta's formula.
Brahmagupta's formula reduces to Heron's formula by setting the side length .
A similar formula which Brahmagupta derived for the area of a general quadrilateral is
where
is the semiperimeter of the quadrilateral. What happens when the quadrilateral is cyclic?
Problems
Intermediate
is a cyclic quadrilateral that has an inscribed circle. The diagonals of
intersect at
. If
and
then the area of the inscribed circle of
can be expressed as
, where
and
are relatively prime positive integers. Determine
. (Source)