2004 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 23
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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 1
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 .
Solution 2
Using Descartes' Circle Formula, . Solving this gives us linear equation with .
See also
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