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StepMaths Mock Paper 2 · Q19

Paper 2GeometrySequences & series

A square of side length 2 units contains a circle of radius R1R_1 that is internally tangential to the square. A second smaller circle of radius R2R_2 is inscribed in a corner of the square and is tangential to the circle and the square. Another circle of radius R3R_3 is inscribed in the same corner and is tangential to the smaller circle (radius R2R_2) and the square, and so on ad infinitum for radii R4,R5R_4,R_5, etc.

Find ∑t=1∞Rt\displaystyle\sum_{t=1}^\infty R_t. Diagram for question 19

A2+12\dfrac{\sqrt2+1}2
B2−12\dfrac{\sqrt2-1}2
C2+1\sqrt2+1
D3+223+2\sqrt2
E3+222\dfrac{3+2\sqrt2}2

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