1. **Problem Statement:** We have a square of side length 4 units.
- Semicircle A with radius 2 units is drawn on the left side.
- Quarter circle B with radius 2 units is drawn at the bottom-right corner.
- Circle C touches semicircle A and quarter circle B externally and is tangent internally to the right side of the square.
We need to find the radius $r$ of circle C.
2. **Setup and Known Data:**
- Square side length $=4$.
- Radius of semicircle A, $R_A=2$.
- Radius of quarter circle B, $R_B=2$.
- Circle C radius $=r$ (unknown).
3. **Positions and Centers:**
- Center of semicircle A is at $(0,2)$ (middle of left side).
- Center of quarter circle B is at $(4,0)$ (bottom-right corner).
- Circle C is tangent to the right side of the square, so its center lies at $(4 - r, y)$ for some $y$.
4. **Tangency Conditions:**
- Circle C touches semicircle A externally:
$$\text{distance between centers} = R_A + r$$
$$\sqrt{(4 - r - 0)^2 + (y - 2)^2} = 2 + r$$
- Circle C touches quarter circle B externally:
$$\text{distance between centers} = R_B + r$$
$$\sqrt{(4 - r - 4)^2 + (y - 0)^2} = 2 + r$$
- Circle C is tangent internally to the right side of the square, so its center is at $x = 4 - r$.
5. **Simplify the equations:**
- From the second tangency:
$$\sqrt{(0)^2 + (y)^2} = 2 + r \implies y = 2 + r$$
- Substitute $y = 2 + r$ into the first tangency:
$$\sqrt{(4 - r)^2 + ((2 + r) - 2)^2} = 2 + r$$
$$\sqrt{(4 - r)^2 + r^2} = 2 + r$$
6. **Square both sides:**
$$(4 - r)^2 + r^2 = (2 + r)^2$$
$$16 - 8r + r^2 + r^2 = 4 + 4r + r^2$$
$$16 - 8r + 2r^2 = 4 + 4r + r^2$$
7. **Bring all terms to one side:**
$$16 - 8r + 2r^2 - 4 - 4r - r^2 = 0$$
$$12 - 12r + r^2 = 0$$
8. **Rewrite quadratic:**
$$r^2 - 12r + 12 = 0$$
9. **Solve quadratic equation:**
$$r = \frac{12 \pm \sqrt{(-12)^2 - 4 \times 1 \times 12}}{2} = \frac{12 \pm \sqrt{144 - 48}}{2} = \frac{12 \pm \sqrt{96}}{2}$$
$$= \frac{12 \pm 4\sqrt{6}}{2} = 6 \pm 2\sqrt{6}$$
10. **Choose the valid radius:**
- Radius must be positive and less than 4 (since circle C fits inside the square).
- $6 + 2\sqrt{6} > 4$ (too large), discard.
- $6 - 2\sqrt{6} \approx 6 - 4.9 = 1.1$ (valid).
**Final answer:**
$$\boxed{r = 6 - 2\sqrt{6}}$$
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