Let be a quadrilateral with side lengths , and . What is the maximum possible radius of a circle inscribed in quadrilateral ?
Solution
Let the tangent lengths be so that . Then and and . The radius of the inscribed circle of quadrilateral is given by . This is clearly maximized when which leads to a radius of .
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