Here’s a great problem that a student brought to me today. For those who’ve been wanting a ‘problem of the month,’ here you go:
The figure shows a fixed circle with equation and a shrinking circle with radius and center the origin (in red). is the point , is the upper point of intersection of the two circles, and is the point of intersection of the line and the -axis. What happens to as shrinks, that is, as ?
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