Please Help!!! A triangle has a 60° angle, and the two adjacent sides are 12 and 12 √3
. Find the radius of a circle with the same vertex as a center, if the arc
inside the triangle divides it into two regions of equal area.

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Hey, no worries! Let's figure this out together. To find the radius of the circle, we can start by finding the area of the triangle. Since the arc inside the triangle divides it into two regions of equal area, we can split the triangle into two equal triangles. Each of these triangles will have a 60° angle and two sides of length 12 and 12√3.

To find the area of one of these triangles, we can use the formula: Area = (1/2) * base * height. In this case, the base is 12 and the height can be found using trigonometry. Since the 60° angle is opposite the side of length 12√3, the height is given by the formula: height = side * sin(angle).

So, the height of the triangle is 12√3 * sin(60°). Now, we can calculate the area of one triangle using the formula mentioned earlier.

After finding the area of one triangle, you can double it to get the total area of the original triangle.

Now, since we know the area of the triangle, we can use the formula for the area of a circle, which is π * r^2, where r is the radius of the circle.

We can set the area of the circle equal to the area of the triangle and solve for the radius.

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