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A triangle has sides with lengths of 1, 6, and 2. What is the radius of the triangles inscribed circle?

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Jan 17, 2016

There is no such triangle since $1 + 2 < 6$ $1+2 < 6$

Explanation:

If a triangle has sides $a$ $a$ , $b$ $b$ and $c$ $c$ then all of the following hold:

$a + b < c$ $a+b < c$

$b + c < a$ $b+c < a$

$c + a < b$ $c+a < b$

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