Maths Olympiad Prep

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Geometry Difficulty 5.0 AIME, harder Prove it United Kingdom

Triangle ABCABC is isosceles, with AB=BC=1AB = BC = 1 and angle ABCABC equal to 120°120°. A circle is tangent to the line ABAB at AA and to the line BCBC at CC.

What is the radius of the circle?

[You should state clearly any geometrical facts or theorems you use in each step of your calculation. For example, if one of your steps calculates the size of an angle in a triangle you might justify that particular step with "because angles in a triangle add up to 180180 degrees."]

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