+700 Semicircles are constructed on AB, AC, and BC. A circle is tangent to all three semicircles. Find the radius of the circle.
+399 Label the tangent point between Semicircle AB and the red circle as D, the tangent point between arc BC and the red circle as E, and the tangent point between the red circle and semicircle AC as F. Label the center of semicircle AB to C1 the center of semicircle of BC to C2 and the radius of the red circle to C3.
Additionally, set the radius of the red circle is x.
We know BF is 2, and so BC3 is 2-x.
Similarly, C1C3 is 1+x.
Construct the right triangle, C1C3B.
Using the pythagorean theorem, we can set an equation:
\({1}^{2}+{(2-x)}^{2}={(1+x)}^{2}\). In the equation, the x's conveniently cancel out, and we get radius = 2/3.
+399 Label the tangent point between Semicircle AB and the red circle as D, the tangent point between arc BC and the red circle as E, and the tangent point between the red circle and semicircle AC as F. Label the center of semicircle AB to C1 the center of semicircle of BC to C2 and the radius of the red circle to C3.
Additionally, set the radius of the red circle is x.
We know BF is 2, and so BC3 is 2-x.
Similarly, C1C3 is 1+x.
Construct the right triangle, C1C3B.
Using the pythagorean theorem, we can set an equation:
\({1}^{2}+{(2-x)}^{2}={(1+x)}^{2}\). In the equation, the x's conveniently cancel out, and we get radius = 2/3.
