A triangle has corners at (5,8), (3,9), and (4,7). What is the area of the triangle's circumscribed circle?

1 Answer
Aug 28, 2016

the area of the circle inscribed = 0.8160

Explanation:

the triangle is isoceles, side lengths = 5,5and2
triangle area (A) = 12×2×32=32
triangle perimeter (P) = 5+5+2=25+2=5.8863
inradius (r) =2AP =2×1.55.8863=0.50965
area of the circle = π×r2=π×(0.50965)2
=0.8160