Inscribing Four Circles in a Triangle

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Inscribe a circle in a triangle; let denote its radius. Construct tangents to the inscribed circle parallel to the sides of the triangle. Construct inscribed circles within each of the smaller triangles with radii , , and . Then .

Contributed by: Jay Warendorff (March 2011)
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