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Using the properties of the tangents to circles, we know that AF = AE, EC = ED, FB = DB, and ang(OFA) = ang(OEA) = ang(ODC) = 90°. So (BD + DC) + (BF + AF) + (AE + EC) = 2(AF + EC + FB) = AB + BC + AC = 2s. Now that BH = AF, we have CH = s. Using the area formula, rs, the area of the triangle can be written as (CH)(OD).
Using the properties of the tangents to circles, we know that , , , and . So . Now that , we have . Using the area formula, , the area of the triangle can be written as .
Since and share a common hypotenuse , and thus follows that they are inscribed in a common circle with as the diameter. Therefore, is a cyclic quadrilateral and hence .
We know that the angle around point O is 360°, that is 2(ang(AOE) + ang(COD) + ang(BOF)) = 360°. Therefore ang(AOE) + ang(BOC) = 180°. Using our previous result, we can say that ang(BLC) = ang(AOE).
Therefore, triangles AOE and BLC are similar by AA criterion. As, HB = AF, so
BC/HB= BC/AF
Using the definition of similarity, we have BC/AF = BL/OE. Now, ang(LKB) = ang(DKO) as they are vertically opposite, and ang(LBH) = ang(ODK) = 90° by construction. Therefore, triangles LKB and DKO are also similar by AA criterion. Thus, BL/OD = BK/KD. As OE = OD = r, we have the important result BC/HB = BK/KD before some algebra follows.