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The triple airbag

A triangle containing three tangent semicircles with diameters a, b and c. Three line segments pass through the red tangency points. What is the triangle perimeter?

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Solution

The perimeter is 2(a+b+c).

Solution by Ignacio Larrosa Cañestro.

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