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<div style="text-align:center;"><math>(r-3)^2 + (r-1)^2 = (r+1)^2</math><br /><math>r^2 - 10r + 9 = 0</math><br /><math>r = 1, 9</math></div> | <div style="text-align:center;"><math>(r-3)^2 + (r-1)^2 = (r+1)^2</math><br /><math>r^2 - 10r + 9 = 0</math><br /><math>r = 1, 9</math></div> | ||
− | Quite obviously <math>r > 1</math>, so | + | Quite obviously <math>r > 1</math>, so <math>r = 9</math>. |
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Three circles of radius are drawn in the first quadrant of the -plane. The first circle is tangent to both axes, the second is tangent to the first circle and the -axis, and the third is tangent to the first circle and the -axis. A circle of radius is tangent to both axes and to the second and third circles. What is ?
Solution
Solution 1
Set so that we only have to find . Draw the segment between the center of the third circle and the large circle; this has length . We then draw the radius of the large circle that is perpendicular to the x-axis, and draw the perpendicular from this radius to the center of the third circle. This gives us a right triangle with legs and hypotenuse . The Pythagorean Theorem yields:
Quite obviously , so .
See also
2005 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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