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Three circles touch each other pairwise externally. The lengths of the sides of the triangle obtained by joining the centres of the circles, are 4cm, 5cm and 6cm respectively. Determine the radii of the circles.​

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sivaprasad2000

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Let the radii of the circles be a, b, and c

Then we can write :

a+b = 7

b+c = 8

a+c = 9

By solving these equations we will get the values of a, b, and c as

a = 4 , b = 3, and c = 5

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