6 Tangent Circles - special case
A circle of radius is laid on the horizontal plane. Five circles each of radius are positioned around it, such that each is tangent to the horizontal circle and to the two neighboring circles, as illustrated in the attached figure. How high above the plane is the tangency point between two neighboring big circles (points A, B, C, D, E).
The answer is 3.3696.
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