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$BO$ is a tangent to the two equal circles and hence angle $BOC$ is a right angle. If $OC=$3 units then the large outer circle has radius $6$ units. Pythagoras' theorem will give the radius of the circle centre $B$. You cannot assume that angle $BAC$ is a right angle.