jee-advanced 2009 Q36

jee-advanced · India · paper2 Circles Circles Tangent to Each Other or to Axes
The centres of two circles $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ each of unit radius are at a distance of 6 units from each other. Let $P$ be the mid point of the line segment joining the centres of $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ and $C$ be a circle touching circles $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ externally. If a common tangent to $C_{1}$ and $C$ passing through $P$ is also a common tangent to $C_{2}$ and $C$, then the radius of the circle $C$ is
The centres of two circles $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ each of unit radius are at a distance of 6 units from each other. Let $P$ be the mid point of the line segment joining the centres of $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ and $C$ be a circle touching circles $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ externally. If a common tangent to $C_{1}$ and $C$ passing through $P$ is also a common tangent to $C_{2}$ and $C$, then the radius of the circle $C$ is