Beauty of Geometry - 1 (Easier version)

Geometry Level 3

There is a circle inscribed in a square. Inside the square, where the inscribed circle isn't present, we inscribe another small circle (shaded) touching both of the square and the bigger circle.

If the radius of the bigger circle is 15 cm, then what will be the radius of the smaller circle (in cm)? Round your answer to 3 decimal digit.

You can find the original problem here .


The answer is 2.574.

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1 solution

Md Omur Faruque
Aug 7, 2015

Let the radius of the bigger and smaller circle be R \boldsymbol R & r \boldsymbol r respectively.

Now, draw a line from the center of the bigger circle to that particular corner of the square which will go through the center of the smaller circle . Then draw 2 more squares as shown below:

As the diagonal of a square is equal to 2 \sqrt2 times it's edge, we get, O A + A B + B C = O C \boldsymbol {OA+AB+BC=OC} R + r + 2 r = 2 R \boldsymbol {\Rightarrow R+r+\sqrt2 r =\sqrt2 R} r = R ( 2 1 ) 2 + 1 \boldsymbol {\Rightarrow r=\frac{R(\sqrt2-1)}{\sqrt2+1}} r = R ( 3 2 2 ) \boldsymbol {\Rightarrow r=R(3-2\sqrt2)}

So the radius of the smaller circle will be, r = 15 ( 3 2 2 ) = 2.574 \boldsymbol {r=15(3-2\sqrt2)=\color{#69047E} {\boxed{2.574}}}

Coud not understd frst stmnt.

Shubham Ghosh - 5 years, 6 months ago

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Can you please specify which one?

MD Omur Faruque - 5 years, 6 months ago

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