Friday, March 28, 2025

Basic Mensa Geometry Problem: Give It A Try For A Morning Mental Workout



 


ABC  is  a circle quadrant in the above figure. There is a smaller circle within the quadrant that is tangent to arc AB at point M, and tangent to radius BC at point N. 

If the radius of the smaller circle has length 7 units and line segment BN has length 8 units, then what is the length of the radius of the quadrant?


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