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.
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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
?
Solution
Let be the center of the midpoint of the line segment connecting both the centers, say
and
.
Let the point of tangency with the inscribed circle and the right larger circles be .
Then
Since is internally tangent to
, center of
,
and their tangent point must be on the same line.
Now, if we connect centers of ,
and
/
, we get a right angled triangle.
Let the radius of equal
. With the pythagorean theorem on our triangle, we have
Solving this equation gives us
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See Also
2023 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 21 |
Followed by Problem 23 | |
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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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