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tmua.me Medium Set C Paper 2 · Q7

Paper 2Geometry

In trapezium ABCDABCD, the sides ABAB and DCDC are parallel, and ADAD is perpendicular to them. Also, AB=9AB=9 and DC=4DC=4. A circle lies inside the trapezium and is tangent to all four sides, as shown.

What is the radius of the circle?

You may use the fact that the two tangent segments from an external point to a circle have equal lengths.

Diagram for question 7

A1813\dfrac{18}{13}
B52\dfrac52
C3613\dfrac{36}{13}
D134\dfrac{13}{4}
E7213\dfrac{72}{13}

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