There are two tangent semicircles as per Image. The side length of square is 36cm. What is the radius of yellow circle?

Question

In the image below there are two tangent semicircles. The side length of the square is 36cm.

What is the length of the radius of the yellow circle?

Answer 1

Let the radius of yellow semicircle be r,

join the two centers of yellow and blue semicircles and this line intersets them at the point of tangency

hence we get a right triangle with hypotnuese = 18 + r
base =18
perpendicular = 36-r

     applying pythagoras theorem we get (18+r)^2 = 18^2 + (36-r)^2

 we get r= 12 cms

Comments

yes but if we raplace " r " by 12 in the equation we get that 900 = 900 not 12.

Answer 2

12cm

-Anonymous person

Answer 3

The yellow radius is 12 cm.

Answer 4

Answer = 12 cm

Confirmed by simply measuring it with a ruler:

The yellow 1/2 circle extends 2/3 along the side of the square,
Thus 2/3*36 = 24 cm diameter
Therefore 1/2* 24 = 12 cm.radius

Answer 5

The answer is 12 cm. 36/3 because the yellow radius fit exatly 3 times proyected on the blue diameter.

divide the square in a 3 by 3 matrix this give 36 cms. squared divided by 9 =144 the square root of this is 12

Answer 6

9cm is the radius

Comments

how is possible