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Geometry Puzzle!

0 replies · 969 views · Started 06 April 2010

Here's one I ran across the other day.

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The radius of the red circle is 1. The radius of the green circle is 2. The 3 circles are tangent to each other and to the white semicircle. What's the radius of the blue circle? Explain your answer.

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For extra credit, what's the radius of the purple circle, if it's tangent to the red, green, and blue ones?