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Let
be a triangle with semiperimeter
and inradius
. The semicircles with diameters
,
,
are drawn on the outside of the triangle
. The circle tangent to all of these three semicircles has radius
. Prove that
![\[\frac{s}{2}<t\le\frac{s}{2}+\left(1-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)r. \]](//latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/1/7/117063afcc60a443e6af8bd5f789af0827af58db.png)
Alternative formulation. In a triangle
, construct circles with diameters
,
, and
, respectively. Construct a circle
externally tangent to these three circles. Let the radius of this circle
be
.
Prove:
, where
is the inradius and
is the semiperimeter of triangle
.
Proposed by Dirk Laurie, South Africa








![\[\frac{s}{2}<t\le\frac{s}{2}+\left(1-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)r. \]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/1/7/117063afcc60a443e6af8bd5f789af0827af58db.png)
Alternative formulation. In a triangle







Prove:




Proposed by Dirk Laurie, South Africa