With usual notations, if in $\triangle \mathrm{ABC}, 8$ is semi perimeter and…

With usual notations, if in $\triangle \mathrm{ABC}, 8$ is semi perimeter and $(\mathrm{s}-a)(\mathrm{s}-\mathrm{b})=\mathrm{s}(\mathrm{s}-\mathrm{c})$, then $\triangle A B C$ is
  1. an equilateral triangle
  2. an obtuse angle triangle
  3. a right angled triangle
  4. an acute angle triangle

Solution

We have $\begin{array}{l} \sin \frac{C}{2}=\sqrt{\frac{(s-a)(s-b)}{a b}} \Rightarrow \sin ^{2} \frac{C}{2}=\frac{(s-a)(s-b)}{a b} \text { and } \\ \cos \frac{C}{2}=\sqrt{\frac{s(s-c)}{a b}} \Rightarrow \cos ^{2} \frac{C}{2}=\frac{s(s-c)}{a b} \\ \text { Given }(s-a)(s-b)=s(s-c) \\ \therefore \quad a b \sin ^{2} \frac{C}{2}=a b \cos ^{2} \frac{C}{2} \end{array}$ $\therefore \tan ^{2} \frac{C}{2}=1 \Rightarrow \tan \frac{C}{2}=1 \Rightarrow \frac{C}{2}=45^{\circ} \Rightarrow C=90^{\circ}$ $\therefore \triangle \mathrm{ABC}$ is a right angled triangle

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (13 Oct Shift 2)

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