Inscribed Tangent Circles in Right Triangle
XAT 2024 · Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation · Medium · Geometry
Consider a right-angled triangle , right angled at . Two circles, each of radius , are drawn inside the triangle in such a way that one of them touches and , while the other one touches and . The two circles also touch each other.
If and , then find the value of .
- A.
3 cm
- B.
4 cm
- C.
3.5 cm
- D.
4.5 cm
- E.
None of the remaining options is correct.
B
Explanation
In , . Draw a common internal tangent line perpendicular to . This splits into a smaller right-angled triangle which is similar to . In , the second circle is the incircle of . Ratio of sides of is , so let . Inradius of is . For the first circle, its center is at distance from and , and it touches the second circle, so . We have . Thus, .
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