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document.write( "3 circles on the same straight line, the 1st with a radius of 16 cm, the 2nd with a radius of 9cm, is there a way to find the radius of the 3rd circle which sits in between the other two?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 circles on the same straight line...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "MEANS WHAT?...CENTRES ON SAME LINE?ASSUMING SO...<BR>\n" );
document.write( ", the 1st with a radius of R1=16 cm,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "OK<BR>\n" );
document.write( " the 2nd with a radius of R2=9cm,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "WHARE?INSIDE THE OTHER CIRCLE?HOW FAR ?OR TOUCHING?OR OUT SIDE?HOW FAR?<BR>\n" );
document.write( " is there a way to find the radius of the 3rd circle which sits in between the other two?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "IF THE ABOVE 2 ARE CLARIFIED WE CAN ..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "IF 2 CIRCLES ARE  SUCH THAT THEIR CENTRE ARE AT A DISTANCE (D)WHICH IS  MORE THAN 16+9=25 CM AWAY...SAY...30 CM..THEN WE CAN DRAW A CIRCLE OF 5 CM DIA OR 2.5 CM RADIUS TOUCHING BOTH<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".IN GENERAL IF D >R1+R2...WE CAN DRAW A CIRCLE OF RADIUS ={D-(R1+R2)}/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ON THE OTHER HAND IF THE 2 CIRCLES ARE SUCH THAT THEIR CENTRES ARE AT DISTANCE (D)WHICH IS  LESS THAN 16-9=7 CM AWAY...SAY...5 CM..THEN WE CAN DRAW A CIRCLE OF   2 CM DIA OR 1 CM RADIUS TOUCHING BOTH<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".IN GENERAL IF D <R1-R2...WE CAN DRAW A CIRCLE OF RADIUS ={D-(R1-R2)}/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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