Find the radius r

Geometry Level 3


The answer is 0.857.

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Consider my diagram, d = r 2 d= r\sqrt{2} . Then by pythagorean theorem, we have

( r 2 + r + 5 ) 2 = 5 2 + 5 2 (r\sqrt{2}+r+5)^2=5^2+5^2

r 2 + r + 5 = 50 r\sqrt{2}+r+5=\sqrt{50}

r ( 2 + 1 ) = 50 5 r(\sqrt{2}+1)=\sqrt{50}-5

r = 50 5 2 + 1 0.85786 r=\dfrac{\sqrt{50}-5}{\sqrt{2}+1} \approx 0.85786

The diagonal of the square of side 5 cm = 5 2 \sqrt2 cm

And as diagonal lengths are equal, we can form the following linear equation to solve for r:

r ( 2 \sqrt2 + 1) + 5 = 5 2 \sqrt2

r = 0.857 cm

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