Skip to main content
OlympiadHQ

Browse · harp

Print

smc

geometry intermediate

Problem

The area of a circle inscribed in an equilateral triangle is . The perimeter of this triangle is:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
We can see that the radius of the circle is . We know that the radius is of each median line of the triangle; each median line is therefore . Since the median line completes a -- triangle, we can conclude that one of the sides of the triangle is . Triple the side length and we get our answer, .
Final answer
E