1997 AHSME Problems/Problem 19

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A circle with center $O$ is tangent to the coordinate axes and to the hypotenuse of the $30^\circ$ - $60^\circ$ - $90^\circ$ triangle $ABC$ as shown, where $AB=1$ . To the nearest hundredth, what is the radius of the circle?

$[asy] defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)); dotfactor=3; pair A = origin; pair B = (1,0); pair C = (0,sqrt(3)); pair O = (2.33,2.33); dot(A);dot(B);dot(C);dot(O); label("$A$",A,SW);label("$B$",B,SE);label("$C$",C,W);label("$O$",O,NW); label("$1$",midpoint(A--B),S);label("$60^\circ$",B,2W + N); draw((3,0)--A--(0,3)); draw(B--C); draw(Arc(O,2.33,163,288.5));[/asy]$

$\textbf{(A)}\ 2.18\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2.24\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2.31\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 2.37\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 2.41$

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1997 AHSME Problems/Problem 19

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