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Triangle ABC with incenter I, with angle bisectors (red), incircle (blue), and inradii (green)
Triangle ABC with incenter I, with angle bisectors (red), incircle (blue), and inradii (green)

An incircle of a convex polygon is a circle which is inside the figure and tangent to each side. Every triangle and regular polygon has a unique incircle, but in general polygons with 4 or more sides (such as non- square rectangles) do not have an incircle.

Formulas

  • The radius of an incircle of a triangle (the inradius) with sides and area is
  • The radius of an incircle of a right triangle (the inradius) with legs and hypotenuse is
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