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Triangle of Circular Arcs

ℹ️Published on Saturday, 26th September 2020, 11:00 pm; Solved by 566;
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Let $r_a$, $r_b$ and $r_c$ be the radii of three circles that are mutually and externally tangent to each other. The three circles then form a triangle of circular arcs between their tangency points as shown for the three blue circles in the picture below.

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Define the circumcircle of this triangle to be the red circle, with centre $D$, passing through their tangency points. Further define the incircle of this triangle to be the green circle, with centre $E$, that is mutually and externally tangent to all the three blue circles. Let $d=\vert DE \vert$ be the distance between the centres of the circumcircle and the incircle.

Let $\mathbb{E}(d)$ be the expected value of $d$ when $r_a$, $r_b$ and $r_c$ are integers chosen uniformly such that $1\leq r_a<r_b<r_c \leq 100$ and $\text{gcd}(r_a,r_b,r_c)=1$.

Find $\mathbb{E}(d)$, rounded to eight places after the decimal point.



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