Design amanda wants to make this design of circles inside an equilateral triangle.
a. what is the radius of the large circle to the nearest hundredth of an inch?
b. what are the radii of the smaller circles to the nearest hundredth of an inc

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Answer:

Using theorem

AE=8.66

Thus radius of large circle is one third of equilateral triangle altitude.

Radius of larger circle=2.9 inch

And radius of inner circle will be 0.96 inch