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Three Externally Tangent Circles

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  1. We have circles c, d and h, which are all touching externally.
  2. Find points D, E and F, in which the circles intersect each other.
  3. Construct 3 hyperbolas, which have their foci in the circles' centers and cross through one of the points D, E and F, which are located on the circles, whose centers are foci of hyperbolas ?
  4. Find points S, where all three hyperbolas intersect.
  5. Construct lines p, which intersect with an S point and one of the circles' centers and find points I and N, which are an intersection of a p line and a circle through whose center p crosses.
  6. Construct circles k, which have their center in point S and also intersect either point I or N.