SOLUTION: Three circles, two of them equal, are drawn in contact with a semicircle (two out of the three circles drawn in the semicircle are the same size and are the smallest). The radius

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Question 25757: Three circles, two of them equal, are drawn in contact with a semicircle (two out of the three circles drawn in the semicircle are the same size and are the smallest).
The radius of the semicircle is 12 cm.
What is the radius of the smallest circle?
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Answer by venugopalramana(3286) About Me  (Show Source):
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Three circles, two of them equal, are drawn in contact with a semicircle (two out of the three circles drawn in the semicircle are the same size and are the smallest).
The radius of the semicircle is 12 cm.
What is the radius of the smallest circle?
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Answer by keigan(2) About Me  (Show Source):
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The radius of the smallest circle is 3 cm.