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Circle C2 touches both circle C1 and line segment AB, with its center on line segment O1A. Circle C3, C4, etc. are constructed similarly. Part a asks to express the radii of circles C2 and C3 in terms of the angle θ between line O1A and the horizontal line AB. Part b considers when the length of line segment O1A doubles, and asks to find the smallest circle index n such that its radius is less than 0.01, sum the areas of all circles up to Cn, and find the smallest n such that the sum of areas from Cn onward is less than 0.01π.

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Circle C2 touches both circle C1 and line segment AB, with its center on line segment O1A. Circle C3, C4, etc. are constructed similarly. Part a asks to express the radii of circles C2 and C3 in terms of the angle θ between line O1A and the horizontal line AB. Part b considers when the length of line segment O1A doubles, and asks to find the smallest circle index n such that its radius is less than 0.01, sum the areas of all circles up to Cn, and find the smallest n such that the sum of areas from Cn onward is less than 0.01π.

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14.

In the figure, C1 is a unit circle with centre O1 and touches the horizontal line
AB. Circle C2 of radius r 2 is constructed so that it touches both C1 and AB
and its centre lies on O1 A .

Circle C3 , C4 , C5 , are constructed in a similar way. Denote O1 AB by  .

(a) Express r2 , r3 in terms of  . (4

marks)
(b) If the length of O1 A doubles the radius of C 1 .
(i) Find the smallest value of n such that the radius of Cn is less than
0.01.
(ii) Find the sum of areas of circles C1 , C2 , C3 , C4 , C5 , .
(iii) Find the smallest value of n such that sum of areas of circles
Cn , Cn 1 , Cn  2 , is less than 0.01 .
(7 marks)

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