I have a scalene triangle with two sides given and the included angle. I am solving for the radius of the inscribed circle. See the image below.
I know that I can use the law of Cosines to find the length of the missing side
c2=a2+b2−2abcosC
Then I could use area of a triangle formula
K=12absinC
Finally I could find and insert the perimeter and area into the formula below to solve for r.
r=2Ap
My equation for r would be:
r=absinCa+b+√a2+b2−2abcosC
Using the given data this would give me:
r=119∗202∗sin(43)119+202+√1192+2022−2∗119∗202∗cos(43)=35.5
Is there a simpler way to do this?
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