1976 AHSME Problems/Problem 24
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Problem
In the adjoining figure, circle 
has diameter 
; circle 
is tangent to circle and to at the center of circle ; and circle 
tangent to circle , to circle and . The ratio of the area of circle to the area of circle is
![[asy] /* Made by Klaus-Anton, Edited by MRENTHUSIASM */ size(150); pair K=(0,0),B=(1,0),A=(-1,0),L=(0,0.5),M=(sqrt(2)/2,.25); draw(circle(K,1)^^A--B); draw(circle(L,0.5)^^circle(M,.25)); label("$A$", A, W); label("$K$", K, S); label("$B$", B, E); label("$L$", L); label("$M$", M); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/b/0/7b0c55f990d80458f68a73509b9da6016ca29e1b.png)
Solution
Let 
and 
be the radii of circles and 
respectively.
![[asy] /* Made by Klaus-Anton, Edited by MRENTHUSIASM */ size(200); pair K=(0,0),B=(1,0),A=(-1,0),L=(0,0.5),M=(sqrt(2)/2,.25),I=(2*sqrt(2)/3,1/3),E=(sqrt(2)/3,1/3),P=(0,0.25); draw(circle(K,1)^^A--B); draw(circle(L,0.5)^^circle(M,.25)); draw(L--K,red); draw(L--M,red); draw(K--I,red); draw(P--M,red); label("$A$", A, (-5/4,0)); label("$K$", K, (0,-5/4)); label("$B$", B, (5/4,0)); label("$L$", L, (0,5/4)); label("$M$", M, (0,5/4)); label("$P$", P, (-5/4,0)); dot(K,linewidth(4)); dot(L,linewidth(4)); dot(M,linewidth(4)); dot(I,linewidth(4)); dot(E,linewidth(4)); dot(P,linewidth(4)); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/f/7/6f7737b24def11fe290b8c86de915476c2e1efa9.png)
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