Three circles internally and externally tangent
Source: Romanian IMO Team Selection Test TST 1996, problem 5
September 27, 2005
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Problem Statement
Let and be points on a circle with center such that . Circles and are internally tangent to at and respectively and are also externally tangent to one another. The circle lies in the interior of and it is tangent externally to , at and and internally tangent to at . Evaluate the value of .