2023 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 18
- The following problem is from both the 2023 AMC 10A #22 and 2023 AMC 12A #18, so both problems redirect to this page.
Contents
- 1 Problem
- 2 Video Solution by Little Fermat
- 3 Video Solution by Math-X (First fully understand the problem!!!)
- 4 Video Solution by OmegaLearn
- 5 Video Solution by MegaMath
- 6 Video Solution by CosineMethod [🔥Fast and Easy🔥]
- 7 Video Solution by epicbird08
- 8 Video Solution
- 9 Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath
- 10 Video Solution by Problem Solving Channel
- 11 See Also
Problem
Circle 
and 
each have radius 
, and the distance between their centers is 
. Circle 
is the largest circle internally tangent to both and . Circle 
is internally tangent to both and and externally tangent to . What is the radius of ?
![[asy] import olympiad; size(10cm); draw(circle((0,0),0.75)); draw(circle((-0.25,0),1)); draw(circle((0.25,0),1)); draw(circle((0,6/7),3/28)); pair A = (0,0), B = (-0.25,0), C = (0.25,0), D = (0,6/7), E = (-0.95710678118, 0.70710678118), F = (0.95710678118, -0.70710678118); dot(B^^C); draw(B--E, dashed); draw(C--F, dashed); draw(B--C); label("$C_4$", D); label("$C_1$", (-1.375, 0)); label("$C_2$", (1.375,0)); label("$\frac{1}{2}$", (0, -.125)); label("$C_3$", (-0.4, -0.4)); label("$1$", (-.85, 0.70)); label("$1$", (.85, -.7)); import olympiad; markscalefactor=0.005; [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/4/0/6/406135ba18fccc6f68ffce10d698ac01c265ec90.png)
Video Solution by Little Fermat
https://youtu.be/h2Pf2hvF1wE?si=_zp2L0edaMjl63-P&t=4908 ~little-fermat
Video Solution by Math-X (First fully understand the problem!!!)
https://youtu.be/GP-DYudh5qU?si=LdnMT_hCLmgL889h&t=7950
~Math-X
Video Solution by OmegaLearn
Video Solution by MegaMath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHyl_JtbSuQ&t=8s
~megahertz13
Video Solution by CosineMethod [🔥Fast and Easy🔥]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnuL3sVU5aU
Video Solution by epicbird08
~EpicBird08
Video Solution
~Steven Chen (Professor Chen Education Palace, www.professorchenedu.com)
Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath
~IceMatrix
Video Solution by Problem Solving Channel
~ProblemSolvingChannel
See Also
| 2023 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 21 |
Followed by Problem 23 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
| 2023 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 17 |
Followed by Problem 19 |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
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