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Ratio of radii
Source: Indian Postal Coaching 2005
9/23/2005
Let
A
B
C
ABC
A
BC
be a triangle with vertices at lattice points. Suppose one of its sides in
n
\sqrt{n}
n
ā
, where
n
n
n
is square-free. Prove that
R
r
\frac{R}{r}
r
R
ā
is irraational . The symbols have usual meanings.
ratio
analytic geometry
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