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The Inscribed Circle

Half a square, a single circle. The geometry is older than calculus.

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A unit square (side 1), cut by one diagonal. Inscribe a circle in the highlighted right triangle so it touches all three sides.

What is the radius?

11√2(0,0)(1,0)(0,1)
The unit square split by a diagonal. Type a value below to preview a circle of radius r inscribed in the highlighted triangle.
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