Two circles, each with radii 900, are tangent to each other and they are both tangent to a line. Find the radius of the circle which is tangent to both circles and also the line.
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wonderful ..how did u draw the figure?
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Use p a i n t and upload it at this link .
Geogebra?
same solution here :3
My triangle was different, because I used the bigger and not the smaller. So, It's wrong
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Same method here! :)
did it exactly the same way..
Very good solution !
good solution
wonderful
4got this hehh
nice figure it makes it easy to understand......
fantastic figure
Protip: Use difference of squares:
9 0 0 2 = ( 9 0 0 + R ) 2 − ( 9 0 0 − R ) 2 = ( 9 0 0 + R + 9 0 0 − R ) ( 9 0 0 + R − 9 0 0 + R ) = ( 1 8 0 0 ) ( 2 R ) ⟹ R = 2 2 5 .
unfortunately i put 15 (took the square root for some reason), so I gave up :(
mindblowing
thanks
I used a relation between the tangents i.e tangent=√ r*R
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It can be solved easily by using 1/sq. root(c)=1/sq. root(a) +1/sq. root(b)
Let larger radius be R = 9 0 0 and smaller radius be r .
Draw a line parallel to given line through center of smaller circle.
Draw a perpendicular on it from center of a larger circle.
We get a right angled triangle with sides, R , R − r and R + r
By Pythagoras theorem, R 2 = ( R + r ) 2 − ( R − r ) 2 ⇒ R = 4 ⋅ r ⇒ r = R / 4 = 9 0 0 / 4 = 2 2 5
Why we cannot use R + r in both situation?
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observe that, by symmetry, center of smaller circle will lie on vertical line through Point of contact of larger circles.
Thats why the triangle i am referring to will have base as R and not R + r.
Apply to Ford Circle's formula for 2 tangent circles and 1 circle between 2 circles same as fig. Ford Circle
R m i d d l e 1 = R l e f t 1 + R r i g h t 1
R l e f t , r i g h t = 9 0 0 ;
R m i d d l e 1 = 9 0 0 1 + 9 0 0 1
R m i d d l e 1 = 3 0 2 = 1 5 1
Therefore: R m i d d l e = 1 5 2 = 2 2 5
seeing it for the first time.
Thanks for the link of Ford Circle. :)
that simple.. omg..
Draw a line from the center of the right big circle (radius = 900) to the center of the small circle, then draw a line perfectly horizontal until you are right under the center of the big circle, and then go back to the center of the big circle. This is a right triangle. Let's call the radius of small circle r .
What you can see is that the horizontal side is, in fact, 9 0 0 , the vertical side is 9 0 0 − r , and the hypotenuse is 9 0 0 + r . Now that we have that, all we must do is use Pythagorean theorem ( a 2 + b 2 = c 2 ) and solve for r , the radius of the small circle.
9 0 0 2 + ( 9 0 0 − r ) 2 = ( 9 0 0 + r ) 2
9 0 0 2 + ( 9 0 0 2 − 1 8 0 0 r + r 2 ) = 9 0 0 2 + 1 8 0 0 r + r 2
9 0 0 2 = 3 6 0 0 r
3 6 0 0 9 0 0 2 = r = 2 2 5
We see, from the Pythagorean Theorem, that
( 9 0 0 ) 2 + ( 9 0 0 − r ) 2 = ( 9 0 0 + r ) 2 ⟹ r = 2 2 5 .
r = raio da circunferência menor --------> r = ?
R = raio da circunferência maior ---------> R = 900
( R + r ) 2 = ( R ) 2 + ( R − r ) 2 --------> ( 9 0 0 + r ) 2 = ( 9 0 0 ) 2 + ( 9 0 0 − r ) 2
r = 2 2 5
x 2^2+(r 1-r 2)^2=(r 1+r_2)^2
for x_2, giving
x 2=2sqrt(r 1r_2).
x 3^2+(r 1-r 3)^2 = (r 1+r_3)^2
(x 3-x 2)^2+(r 2-r 3)^2 = (r 2+r 3)^2
for x 3 and r 3, giving
x 3 = (2r 1sqrt(r 2))/(sqrt(r 1)+sqrt(r_2))
r 3 = (r 1r 2)/((sqrt(r 1)+sqrt(r_2))^2).
The latter equation can be written in the form
1/(sqrt(r 3))=1/(sqrt(r 1))+1/(sqrt(r_2)).
It all depend upon the theorem of tangent to circle, two tangent meeting at a point have equal length. So we can solve by applying this principle, we will get r=900/4=225
In this specific formation : two touching congruent circles, with a smaller circle in between, that is tangent to both larger circles; the radius (r) of the smaller circle is always 1/4 of the radius (R) of the larger circles.
r = R/4 = 900/4 = 225
From seeing the figure. The radius should be 1/4 of the 1st circle.
diameter of small circle=900/2=450,
radii of small circle=450/2=225
Let k 1 be curvature of two big circles & k 2 be curvature of small circle. Here we can apply special case of descartes' theorem where one mutually tangent circle is a line & two circles are equal.
k 2 = k 1 + k 1 + 2 k 1 k 1
k 2 = 9 0 0 1 + 9 0 0 1 + 2 9 0 0 1 ⋅ 9 0 0 1
k 2 = 9 0 0 2 + 9 0 0 2
k 2 = 2 2 5 1
hence, the radius = c u r v a t u r e 1 = 225 .
If you join the middle of the circle to the middle of the smaller circle of radius r, and then draw a triangle with one side being 900 and other from center of smaller circle to the point where 2 bigger circles touch, you will get a right angled triangle with sides 900, 900 - r and hypotenuse of 900 + r. Applying pythagorean theorem, you get (900+r)^2 = (900-r)^2 + 900^2. Solving this for r you get r = 225
2*(diameter of small circle)=(radius of bigger circle)/2
use ford circle law 1/[sqrt{r}]radius of small circle=1/\sqrt{R}RADIUS OF LEFT CIRCLE+1/\sqrt{R'}RADIUS OF RIGHT CIRCLE
1/[sqrt{r}]=1/\sqrt{900}+1/\sqrt{900} 1/[sqrt{r}]=1/30+1/30
i think now you can do ur self.
Let the radius of the small circle = r ---> (900+r)^2 = 900^2 + (900-r)^2 solving ---> r = 225
in the following fig. name first and second circle wid centre as p and q.
centre of the smaller circle be O.
join O to q that would be r +R(radius of the smaller circle + radius of the bigger circle) likewise form a right angle triangle of sides, R+r,R, R-r inside the circle of centre q
so by Pythagoras theorem, r+R^{2} = R-r^{2} + R^{2} ......by this equation u will get r=225
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