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2017 AMC 10B Problem 21

Problem 21 of 25HarderGeometry

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?

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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 6⋅82=24.\dfrac{6\cdot 8}2 = 24. The bases BDBD and DCDC are equal, and the two triangles share the same altitude from A.A. Therefore, △ABD\triangle ABD and △ACD\triangle ACD each have area 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. Equivalently, 12=12rP,12=\dfrac12rP, where PP is the perimeter, so r=24P.r=\dfrac{24}{P}. For △ABD,\triangle ABD, the inradius is 245+5+6=32.\dfrac{24}{5+5+6}=\dfrac32. For △ACD,\triangle ACD, it is 245+5+8=43.\dfrac{24}{5+5+8}=\dfrac43. Their sum is 32+43=176.\dfrac 32 + \dfrac 43 = \dfrac{17}6 . Thus, the correct answer is D .
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