OME 1973 Problem 4

Let $C$ and $C'$ be two concentric circles of radii $r$ and $r'$ respectively. Determine how much the quotient $r'/r$ must be worth so that in the limited crown (annulus) through $C$ and $C'$ there are eight circles $C_i$ , $i = 1, . . . , 8$ , which are tangent to $C$ and to $C'$ , and also that $C_i$ is tangent to $C_{i+1}$ for $i = 1, . . . ,7$ and $C_8$ tangent to $C_1$ .