Problem

Source: Paraguayan Mathematical Olympiad 2006

Tags: geometry



Let $\Gamma_A$, $\Gamma_B$, $\Gamma_C$ be circles such that $\Gamma_A$ is tangent to $\Gamma_B$ and $\Gamma_B$ is tangent to $\Gamma_C$. All three circles are tangent to lines $L$ and $M$, with $A$, $B$, $C$ being the tangency points of $M$ with $\Gamma_A$, $\Gamma_B$, $\Gamma_C$, respectively. Given that $12=r_A<r_B<r_C=75$, calculate: a) the length of $r_B$. b) the distance between point $A$ and the point of intersection of lines $L$ and $M$.