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Three circles of radii a, b, c (a<b<c) touch each other externally. If they have x axis as their common yangent, then:
  1. 1/ a = 1/ b + 1/ c
  2. 1/ b = 1/ a + 1/ c
  3. a, b, c are in AP
  4. a, b, c are in AP
plz explain too

AD , 5 Years ago
Grade 12th pass
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Aditya Gupta

Last Activity: 5 Years ago

dear student there is a theorem called Descartes' circle theorem for 4 kissing circles (you can google it and look up the wikipedia article for more info and refer the SPECIAL CASES section).
using that, we observe that (k1+k2+k3)^2= 2(k1^2+k2^2+k3^2) where k1, k2 and k3 are a, b, c resp
simplifying k1^2+k2^2+k3^2= 2(k1k2+k2k3+k3k1)
k1^2 – 2k1(k2+k3) + (k2 – k3)^2= 0
or k1= k2+k3 ± 2sqrt(k2k3)
k1= [sqrt(k2) ± sqrt(k3)]^2
or sqrt(k1)= sqrt(k2) ± sqrt(k3)
1/sqrt(a)= 1/sqrt(b) ± 1/sqrt(c)
since a<b<c, -ve sign is not possible
hence 1/ a = 1/ b  +  1/ c
KINDLY APPROVE :))

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