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On a sheet of paper, Isabella draws a circle of radius <math>2</math>, a circle of radius <math>3</math>, and all possible lines simultaneously tangent to both circles. Isabella notices that she has drawn exactly <math>k \ge 0</math> lines. How many different values of <math>k</math> are possible? | On a sheet of paper, Isabella draws a circle of radius <math>2</math>, a circle of radius <math>3</math>, and all possible lines simultaneously tangent to both circles. Isabella notices that she has drawn exactly <math>k \ge 0</math> lines. How many different values of <math>k</math> are possible? | ||
− | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(D) | + | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 6</math> |
==Solution== | ==Solution== |
Latest revision as of 12:24, 29 March 2015
Problem
On a sheet of paper, Isabella draws a circle of radius , a circle of radius , and all possible lines simultaneously tangent to both circles. Isabella notices that she has drawn exactly lines. How many different values of are possible?
Solution
Isabella can get lines if the circles are concentric, if internally tangent, if overlapping, if externally tangent, and if non-overlapping and not externally tangent. There are values of .
See Also
2015 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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