Filled With Circles

Geometry Level pending
  • Find the radius of circle D to the nearest .001


The answer is 0.354.

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1 solution

Marta Reece
Mar 27, 2017

t a n ( E Y F ) = 4 tan(EYF)=4 so E Y F = 75.9 6 \angle EYF=75.96^\circ . E Y A = 1 2 E Y F = 37.9 8 . \angle EYA=\frac{1}{2}\angle EYF=37.98^\circ.

So from A Y E \triangle AYE we get the radius R = 2 × t a n ( 37.9 8 ) = 1.56. R=2\times tan(37.98^\circ)=1.56. Using that, the fact that E Z = 8 EZ=8 , and similarity of Z G F \triangle ZGF and Z E Y \triangle ZEY we get x = F G = G Z × E Y E Z = ( 8 2 R ) × 1 4 = 1.219 x=FG=GZ\times \frac{EY}{EZ}=(8-2R)\times \frac{1}{4}=1.219 .

So when going from A A to B B , sizes were scaled down by the factor 1.219 2 = 0.696 \frac{1.219}{2}=0.696

Taking R R and scaling it back by the same factor three times, we get the answer r = R × 0.69 6 3 = 0.354 r=R\times 0.696^3=0.354 .

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