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The perpendicular distance of incentre from the sides of a triangle is equal for all the three sides

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By definition incircle touches all the three sides of a triangle from inside and as the points of contact lie on the circle they are equidistant from the centre i.e., the incentre. They are the perpendicular distance as the sides are tangents to the circle.

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