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ILL 1986 Problem 49

    Let C1,C2C_1, C_2 be circles of radius 1/21/2 tangent to each other and both tangent internally to a circle CC of radius 11 . The circles C1C_1 and C2C_2 are the first two terms of an infinite sequence of distinct circles CnC_n defined as follows: Cn+2C_{n+2} is tangent externally to CnC_n and Cn+1C_{n+1} and internally to CC . Show that the radius of each CnC_n is the reciprocal of an integer.

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