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For any MNP, find a point in its interior which is equidistant from its sides MN, NP and MP. Justify.

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Construction :
Draw MA, MBand MC as angle bisectors of M, N and P.Let they intersect at O.

By angle bisector theorem,Point O is on the angle bisector of M ,O is equidistant from MN and MP.Similarly, O is equidistant from MN and NP.And O is equidistant from NP and MP. From the above thre conditions, we can say that O is equidistant from all three sides.


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