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Problem 195: (2017 AMC 12a, 16)
In the figure below, semicircles with centers at $A$ and $B$ and with radii 2 and 1, respectively, are drawn in the interior of, and sharing bases with, a semicircle with diameter $JK$. The two smaller semicircles are externally tangent to each other and internally tangent to the largest semicircle. A circle centered at $P$ is drawn externally tangent to the two smaller semicircles and internally tangent to the largest semicircle. What is the radius of the circle centered at $P$? $\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{3}{4} \qquad$ $ \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{6}{7} \qquad$ $\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \qquad$ $\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{5}{8}\sqrt{2} \qquad$ $\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{11}{12}$
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Semicircles with centers $A,B$ and radii $3,2$ share bases with a large semicircle $JK$, are externally tangent to each other and internally tangent to the large semicircle. A circle centered at $P$ is externally tangent to the two smaller semicircles and internally tangent to the largest. What is the radius of the circle at $P$?
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