User:Hans G. Oberlack/Sandkiste

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Elements

Base is the square of given side length with centroid at
Inscribed are the largest possible circle and right triangle of the same area.

General case

Segments in the general case

0) The side length of the base square:
1) The radius of the inscribed circle: , see Calculation 1
2) The side length of the inscribed right triangle: , see Calculation 1

Perimeters in the general case

0) Perimeter of base square
1) Perimeter of the inscribed circle:
2) Perimeter of the inscribed triangle:

Areas in the general case

0) Area of the base square
1) Area of the inscribed circle:
2) Area of the inscribed triangle:


Centroids in the general case

Centroids as graphically displayed

0) Centroid position of the base square:
1) Centroid position of the inscribed circle: , see Calculation 2
2) Centroid position of the inscribed square: , see Calculation 3

Orientated centroids

The centroid positions of the following shapes will be expressed orientated so that the first shape n with will be of type with . The graphical representation does not correspond to the mathematical expression.
0) Orientated centroid position of the base square:
1) Orientated centroid position of the inscribed circle: , see calculation 4
2) Orientated centroid position of the inscribed right triangle: , see calculation 5

Calculations

Equations of given elements and relations

(0) The area of the right triangle has to be the same as the area of the circle with radius around center point
(1) since is a square
(2) since is the diagonal of square
(3) since is a right triangle
(4) since is a square, because and are tangent points of the circle around with the sides of square

Calculation 1

The radius is calculated:

a) First the relation between and is determined from equation (0):
applying equation (0)
, definitions of areas of right triangles and circles
, multiplying both sides by two
, since negative length cannot be applied

b) Then the relation between and is determined from the following identity:
since is a square
, because the three segments are forming the diagonal of the square
, since is a right isosceles trinagle
, applying part a) of the calculation
, rearranging
, rearranging
, because E is a tangent point on the circle and a diagonal side of the triangle
, because is a square with side length
, extracting out of the bracket
, rearranging

c) Eventually the relation between and is determined by using part a) of the calculation:
, from part a) of the calculation
, using the result from part b) of the calculation
, rearranging


Calculation 2

Calculating the centroid of the inscribed circle as displayed:


, since is collinear to the diagonal of the square
, since is half the diagonal of the square
, rearranging
, rearranging
, since is the diagonal of the square with side length
, rearranging
, rearranging
, applying Calculation 1b
, rearranging
, rearranging
, rearranging
, rearranging

Calculation 3

Calculating the centroid of the right triangle as displayed:



, since is collinear to the diagonal of the square
, since is half the diagonal of the square
, rearranging
, since is the height of the triangle
, since is the value of the height of the triangle
, rearranging
, since is collinear to the diagonal of the square
, since the centroid of a triangle is a third of the height
, since the height of a right isoceles triangle with side length a is:
, rearranging
, factoring out
, rearranging
, applying result of calculation 1c
, factoring out
, factoring out
, rearranging
, having a common denominator
, multiplying into the bracket
, adding

Calculation 4

The centroid of the inscribed circle is calculated in orientated expression:
This will be done by rotating the expression as displayed by which will be done by a rotation followed by a rotation

, since
, factoring out
, multiplying
, applying Calculation 2
, rearranging
, multiplying
, since
, adding up
, factoring out

Calculation 5

The centroid of the inscribed triangle is calculated in orientated expression:
This will be done by rotating the expression as displayed by which will be done by a rotation followed by a rotation

, since
, factoring out
, multiplying
, applying Calculation 3
, rearranging
, multiplying
, since
, adding
, factoring out
, reducing