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UKMT Hamilton Olympiad, 2019

Geometry Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Prove it United Kingdom

The area of the right-angled triangle in the diagram alongside is $60\text{ cm}^2$ . The triangle touches the circle, and one side of the triangle has length $15$ cm, as shown. What is the radius of the circle?

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