The area of an isosceles trapezoid circumscribed around a circle is 50 cm2, and the acute angle at the base is 30°. Determine the leg of the trapezoid.
Since the trapezoid is at same time tangent quadrilateral, it can be written:
a+b=2c
A=s·r=a+b+2c2·r
sin 30°=hc
12=hc
c=2·h
h=2·r
c=2·h=2·2·r=4r
r=c4
A=a+b+2c2·r=2c+2c2·c4=4c2·c4=c22
50=c22
100=c2
c=100
c=10
Area with the radius of the inscribed circle
s=a+b+2c4
A=s·r
c=10 cm