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Take three unit circles, each touching the other two. Construct three circles C_1, C_2 and C_3, with radii r_1, r_2 and r_3, respectively, as in the figure below. The circles that are tangent to all three unit circles are C_1 and C_3, with C_1 the smaller of these. The circle through the three points of tangency of the unit circles is C_2. Find the radii r_1, r_2 and r_3, and show that r_1r_3=r_2^2.
A small circle fits between two touching circles so that all three circles touch each other and have a common tangent? What is the exact radius of the smallest circle?
Two perpendicular lines are tangential to two identical circles that touch. What is the largest circle that can be placed in between the two lines and the two circles and how would you construct it?
Ten squares form regular rings either with adjacent or opposite vertices touching. Calculate the inner and outer radii of the rings that surround the squares.