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AMC 12 2017a Problem 16

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In the figure below, semicircles with centers at AA and BB and with radii 2 and 1, respectively, are drawn in the interior of, and sharing bases with, a semicircle with diameter JKJK. The two smaller semicircles are externally tangent to each other and internally tangent to the largest semicircle. A circle centered at PP is drawn externally tangent to the two smaller semicircles and internally tangent to the largest semicircle. What is the radius of the circle centered at PP?

size(5cm);
draw(arc((0,0),3,0,180));
draw(arc((2,0),1,0,180));
draw(arc((-1,0),2,0,180));
draw((-3,0)--(3,0));
pair P = (-1,0)+(2+6/7)*dir(36.86989);
draw(circle(P,6/7));
dot((-1,0)); dot((2,0)); dot(P);

\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{3}{4} \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{6}{7} \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{5}{8}\sqrt{2} \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{11}{12}

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