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Arbelos

Draw three circles

Picture 1

Set the radii to be r, s, and r+s

Picture 2

Make the circles tangent in pairs

Picture 3

Draw a fourth circle and make it tangent to the previous three

Picture 4

Open the symbolic panel Type in radius(C3)

Picture 5

Draw another circle, tangent to the previous one, the outer circle and one of the initial inner circles.

Picture 6

Observe its radius, any guess as to a pattern?

Picture 7

Create another tangential circle.

Picture 8

Observe its radius. Do you see a pattern?

Picture 9

What do you guess the next radius in the sequence would be? Try it and see if you are correct.

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