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Radius and Construction of a Mixtilinear Circle: What is this about?
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The applet illustrates a simple construction of a mixtilinear circle based on a formula
| (1) | r = rAcos2(α/2), |
where α = 
BAC, r is the radius of the incircle of ΔABC and rA is the radius of the mixtilinear incircle inscribed into angle BAC.
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The construction is this: first draw a perpendicular to the bisector of BAC through the incenter I. This line will meet the sides AB and AC in points D and E. Second, draw a perpendicular to AB at D and a perpendicular to AC at E. These these two lines will meet again on the bisector of BAC in the center of the mixtilinear incircle touching AB and AC.
References
- P. Yiu, Mixtilinear Circles, Am Math Monthly, v. 106, n. 10 (Dec., 1999), 952-955
- P. Yiu, Notes on Euclidean Geometry, 1998, pp. 56-57
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