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Geometry Level 4

Consider a series of n n concentric circles C 1 , C 2 , , C n {C}_{1}, {C}_{2}, \ldots, {C}_{n} with radii r 1 , r 2 , r 3 , , r n {r}_{1}, {r}_{2}, {r}_{3}, \ldots , {r}_{n} respectively satisfying r 1 > r 2 > r 3 > > r n {r}_{1}>{r}_{2}>{r}_{3}> \cdots >{r}_{n} and
r 1 = 10 {r}_{1} = 10 .

The circles are such that the chord of contact of tangents from any point on C i {C}_{i} to C i + 1 {C}_{i+1} is a tangent to C i + 2 {C}_{i+2} where i = 1 , 2 , 3 , . . . i = 1, 2, 3, ... .

Find the value of lim n r = 1 n r i \displaystyle \ \lim_{ n\to \infty }{ \sum _{ r=1 }^{ n }{ { r }_{ i } } } , if the angle between the tangents from any point of C 1 {C}_{1} to C 2 {C}_{2} is 6 0 60^\circ .


The answer is 20.

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