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geometry senior

Problem

The sides of a triangle are , and . The diameter of the circumscribed circle is:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
The semiperimeter of the triangle is . Therefore, by Heron's Formula, we can find the area of the triangle as follows: Also, we know that the area of the triangle is , where , , and are the sides of the triangle and is the triangle's circumradius. Thus, we can equate this expression for the area with to solve for : Because the problem asks for the diameter of the circumcircle, our answer is .
Final answer
B