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Which set of two circles has the largest perimeter?

They all have the same perimeter. C B A

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Let the radii of the two circles of set A A be r A 1 r_{A1} and r A 2 r_{A2} and similarly for the remaining two sets. Then we note that 2 ( r A 1 + r A 2 ) 2\left(r_{A1}+ r_{A2}\right) = 2 ( r B 1 + r B 2 ) = 2\left(r_{B1}+ r_{B2}\right) = 2 ( r C 1 + r C 2 ) = h = 2\left(r_{C1}+ r_{C2}\right) = h , where h h is the vertical distance between the top and bottom parallel lines.

Since the perimeters of the three sets of two circles are: p + A = 2 π ( r A 1 + r A 2 ) = π h p+A = 2\pi \left(r_{A1}+ r_{A2}\right) = \pi h , p B = 2 π ( r B 1 + r B 2 ) = π h p_B = 2\pi \left(r_{B1}+ r_{B2}\right) =\pi h , and p C = 2 π ( r C 1 + r C 2 ) = π h p_C= 2\pi \left(r_{C1}+ r_{C2}\right)=\pi h . \implies They all have the same perimeter.

Thank you, nice solution.

Hana Wehbi - 2 years, 9 months ago

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