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Triangle of Circular Arcs

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Let ra, rb and rc be the radii of three circles that are mutually and externally tangent to each other. The three circles then form a triangle of circular arcs between their tangency points as shown for the three blue circles in the picture below.

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Define the circumcircle of this triangle to be the red circle, with centre D, passing through their tangency points. Further define the incircle of this triangle to be the green circle, with centre E, that is mutually and externally tangent to all the three blue circles. Let d=|DE| be the distance between the centres of the circumcircle and the incircle.

Let E(d) be the expected value of d when ra, rb and rc are integers chosen uniformly such that 1ra<rb<rc100 and gcd(ra,rb,rc)=1.

Find E(d), rounded to eight places after the decimal point.

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