CIRCLE • CIRCLE

Circle with External Tangency and Equal Radius

Number of solutions: ∞

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Steps

  1. The set of centers of all circles tangent to the given circles at their common point of tangency is a straight line passing through the centers of both circles.
  2. All centers of circles that have either two external or two internal tangencies with the given circles lie on the perpendicular to the line connecting their centers, passing through the point of tangency of the circles.