The figure shows three congruent circles in the unit square, A B C D . Find a closed-form for the length of their radius, r , convert it to decimal, and submit ⌊ 1 0 6 r ⌋ .
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Very clear explanation (and diagram). Nice observation about the excircle. Thank you.
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@Fletcher Mattox I think you meant to write three "congruent" circles (not three "concentric" circles) in the problem.
The half-angle tangent substitution provide a straight-forward way of solving incircle problems as shown in this solution.
Let ∠ C E B = θ . Consider the bottom-right circle and segment E B .
E H + H B r cot 2 ∠ C E B + r r cot 2 θ + r t r + r t 1 + t ⋅ r r ⟹ t = E B C B cot ∠ C E B = cot θ = 2 t 1 − t 2 = 2 t 1 − t 2 = 2 1 − t = 1 − 2 r Let t = tan 2 θ
Now consider A B :
r + r cot ( 9 0 ∘ − 2 θ ) + r cot 2 θ + r 2 r + r t + t r 2 r t + r t 2 + r 2 r ( 1 − 2 r ) + r ( 1 − 2 r ) 2 + r 4 r 3 − 8 r 2 + 6 r − 1 = A B = 1 = 1 − t = 1 − 2 r = 0 Note that t = 1 − 2 r Using Cardano’s method
⟹ r ⟹ ⌊ 1 0 6 r ⌋ = 3 2 − 3 3 3 3 3 − 1 7 1 + 6 3 3 3 3 − 1 7 ≈ 0 . 2 2 8 1 5 5 4 9 3 6 5 3 9 6 2 = 2 2 8 1 5 5
Reference: Cardano's method
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Construction: Extend line segments C F , B A and let G be the point of intersection. Since △ D C F ∼ △ A G F , A F F D = G A C D ⟹ 1 − x x = G A 1 ⟹ G A = x 1 − x Using the Pythagorean Theorem in △ D C F and △ A G F , C F 2 C F F G 2 F G = F D 2 + D C 2 = 1 + x 2 = G A 2 + A F 2 = x 2 ( 1 − x ) 2 + ( 1 − x ) 2 = x ( 1 − x ) 1 + x 2 The circle centered at O 1 is the incircle of right △ D C F . Therefore, r = C D + D F + F C C D ⋅ D F = 1 + x + 1 + x 2 x The circle centered at O 2 is the excircle of right △ A G F . Therefore, r = G A + F G − A F G A ⋅ A F = x 1 − x + x ( 1 − x ) 1 + x 2 − ( 1 − x ) x 1 − x ⋅ ( 1 − x ) = 1 + 1 + x 2 − x 1 − x So, we have the following relations, ⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ r = 1 + x + 1 + x 2 x r = 1 + 1 + x 2 − x 1 − x Solving the above system of equations, we have, x ≈ 0 . 6 4 7 7 9 8 8 . . . , r ≈ 0 . 2 2 8 1 5 5 4 . . . ⟹ ⌊ 1 0 6 r ⌋ = 2 2 8 1 5 5