Two spheres of radius 3 cm and 4 cm cut each other orthogonally.Find the radius of the common circle.
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Two spheres of radius 3 cm and 4 cm cut each other orthogonally.Find the radius of the common circle.
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See below a section of the spheres, passing through their centers A and B. They intersect each other orthogonally if radii AC and BC are perpendicular.
It follows that ABC is a right triangle with legs r1 and r2. And its altitude CH is the radius of the intersection circle.
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