circles

c1 is a circle of radius 1 touching the x axis and the y axis. c2 is another circle of radius > 1 and touching the axes as well as the circle c1. then the radius of c2 is

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aditya ravichandran ·

is the answer
3+2√2

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rishabh ·

yes it is!

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aditya ravichandran ·

by pythagoras theorem

r2+r2=(r+(√2+1))2

by solving this and rejecting the negative root

we get

r=3+2√2

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Shubhodip ·

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rishabh ·

oops i was working on this one? anything wrong?

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