Multiple choice

Three circles, whose radii are $a,b,c$ touch each other externally and the tangents at their points of contact meet in a point. Then, the distance of this point from either of points of contact is

  1. $\displaystyle \sqrt { \frac { abc }{ a+b+c }  } $
  2. $\displaystyle \sqrt { \frac { abc }{ a-b-c }  } $
  3. $\displaystyle 2\sqrt { \frac { abc }{ a+b+c }  } $
  4. None of these

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Explanation

This is a standard geometry result for the radical center of three mutually tangent circles. The distance from the radical center to the points of contact is sqrt(abc / (a+b+c)).