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Problem
Circles ,
, and
are externally tangent to each other and internally tangent to circle
. Circles
and
are congruent. Circle
has radius
and passes through the center of
. What is the radius of circle
?
Solution
Let
be the center of circle
for all
and let
be the tangent point of
. Since the radius of
is the diameter of
, the radius of
is
. Let the radius of
be
and let
. If we connect
, we get an isosceles triangle with lengths
. Then right triangle
has legs
and hypotenuse
. Solving for
, we get
.
Also, right triangle has legs
, and hypotenuse
. Solving,
So the answer is .
See also
- <url>viewtopic.php?t=131335 AoPS topic</url>
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