Inscribed & Circumscribed Figures
Section: GeometryBank code: GEO-INSGRE frequency: MediumPro
1. Core Idea
When one figure sits inside another and touches it, a single relationship links their dimensions. Finding that link is the entire problem; the arithmetic afterwards is trivial.
The question to ask every time: what does the inner figure's key dimension equal in terms of the outer one?
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