2017 AMC 10B Problem 21

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Concepts:incircle, incenter, and inradiusright triangletriangle area

Difficulty rating: 1720

21.

In ABC,\triangle ABC, AB=6,AB=6, AC=8,AC=8, BC=10,BC=10, and DD is the midpoint of BC.\overline{BC}. What is the sum of the radii of the circles inscribed in ADB\triangle ADB and ADC?\triangle ADC?

5\sqrt{5}

114\dfrac{11}{4}

222\sqrt{2}

176\dfrac{17}{6}

33

Solution:

The triangle ABCABC is a right triangle with a right angle at A.A. This makes DD the circumcenter of the triangle since it is the midpoint of the hypotenuse.

Therefore, AD=BD=DC=5.AD = BD = DC = 5. Also, the area of ABCABC is 682=24.\dfrac{6\cdot 8}2 = 24.

Since BDBD and DCDC have the same altitude and base, the triangles ABDABD and ACDACD have the same area of 12.12.

Then, for each triangle, we have A=rsA = rs where AA is the area, rr is the inradius, and ss is the semiperimeter. This means 12=12rP12 = \frac12 {rP} for each triangle, where PP is the perimeter. Thus, we know that r=24P.r=\dfrac{24}P. We apply this fact for ABD,ABD, to see that r=245+5+6=32.r=\dfrac{24}{5+5+6} = \dfrac 32. Similarly, for ACD,ACD, it r=245+5+8=43.r=\dfrac{24}{5+5+8} = \dfrac 43.

Their sum is 32+43=176.\dfrac 32 + \dfrac 43 = \dfrac{17}6 .

Thus, the correct answer is D .

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