Five congruent circles inscribed in a regular pentagon

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Five congruent circles ( m , n , o , p , q m,n,o,p,q ) are inscribed in a regular pentagon A B C D E ABCDE of side length 6 6 , as shown in the figure above. Find the radius r r of each of the circles, and submit 1 0 4 r \lfloor 10^4 r \rfloor


The answer is 17375.

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2 solutions

David Vreken
Dec 30, 2020

Label the bottom part of the diagram as follows:

As half the interior angle of a regular pentagon, C A E = 54 ° \angle CAE = 54° , and since C E = r CE = r , A E = r cot 54 ° = 5 2 5 r AE = r \cot 54° = \sqrt{5 - 2\sqrt{5}}r .

Since A E + E F + F B = A B AE + EF + FB = AB , 5 2 5 r + 2 r + 5 2 5 r = 6 \sqrt{5 - 2\sqrt{5}}r + 2r + \sqrt{5 - 2\sqrt{5}}r = 6 , which solves to r = 3 1 + 5 2 5 1.73758 r = \cfrac{3}{1 + \sqrt{5 - 2\sqrt{5}}} \approx 1.73758 .

Therefore, 1 0 4 r = 17375 \lfloor 10^4 r \rfloor = \boxed{17375} .

Label the diagram as seen in the figure, where M M is the midpoint of A B AB , K K is the center of o o and L L is the common point of circles o o and p p . Then, A M = 3 AM=3 , K L = L M = r KL=LM=r .

O M OM is the apothem of the regular pentagon, thus

O M = A B 2 5 20 = 6 2 5 20 = 3 5 20 OM=\frac{AB}{2\sqrt{5-\sqrt{20}}}=\frac{6}{2\sqrt{5-\sqrt{20}}}=\frac{3}{\sqrt{5-\sqrt{20}}} Triangles O K L \triangle OKL and O A M \triangle OAM are similar, hence

K L A M = O L O M r 3 = O M r O M r = 3 O M 3 + O M \frac{KL}{AM}=\frac{OL}{OM}\Rightarrow \frac{r}{3}=\frac{OM-r}{OM}\Rightarrow r=\frac{3OM}{3+OM} Substituting the value of O M OM , we get r = 3 5 20 + 1 1.73758 r=\frac{3}{\sqrt{5-\sqrt{20}}+1}\approx 1.73758 For the answer, 10 4 r = 17375 \left\lfloor {{10}^{4}}r \right\rfloor =\boxed{17375} .

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