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[[Image:Incenter.PNG|left|thumb|300px|Triangle ''ABC'' with [[incenter]] ''I'', with [[angle bisector]]s (red), [[incircle]] (blue), and [[inradius|inradii]] (green)]] | [[Image:Incenter.PNG|left|thumb|300px|Triangle ''ABC'' with [[incenter]] ''I'', with [[angle bisector]]s (red), [[incircle]] (blue), and [[inradius|inradii]] (green)]] | ||
− | An '''incircle''' of a [[convex]] [[polygon]] is a [[circle]] which is inside the figure and [[tangent line | tangent]] to each side. Every [[triangle]] and [[regular polygon]] has a unique incircle, but in general polygons with 4 or more sides (such as non-[[square (geometry) | square]] [[rectangle]]s) do not have an incircle. | + | An '''incircle''' of a [[convex]] [[polygon]] is a [[circle]] which is inside the figure and [[tangent line | tangent]] to each side. Every [[triangle]] and [[regular polygon]] has a unique incircle, but in general polygons with 4 or more sides (such as non-[[square (geometry) | square]] [[rectangle]]s) do not have an incircle. Quadrilaterals that do have an incircle are called tangential quadrilaterals. |
==Formulas== | ==Formulas== |
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An incircle of a convex polygon is a circle which is inside the figure and tangent to each side. Every triangle and regular polygon has a unique incircle, but in general polygons with 4 or more sides (such as non- square rectangles) do not have an incircle. Quadrilaterals that do have an incircle are called tangential quadrilaterals.
Formulas
- The radius of an incircle of a triangle (the inradius) with sides
and area
is
- The radius of an incircle of a right triangle (the inradius) with legs
and hypotenuse
is
.
- For any polygon with an incircle,
, where
is the area,
is the semiperimeter, and
is the inradius.