Homework Help: geometry

Posted by ivette hanon on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 8:04am.

a circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle. how do you find the value of x? also have to round the answer to the nearest whole number.

geometry - MathMate, Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 9:34am
You have not described the figure included with the question, I assume x is the radius of the inscribed circle.

Hint:
The radius of the inscribed circle of an equilateral triangle is one-third of the height of the triangle.

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