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Problem
Circles with radii , , and are mutually externally tangent. What is the area of the triangle determined by the points of tangency?
Solution
The centers of these circles form a 3-4-5 triangle, which has an area equal to 6.
The 3 triangles determined by one center and the two points of tangency that particular circle has with the other two are, by Law of Sines,
which add up to . Thus the area we're looking for is .
See also
2011 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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