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Three Externally Tangent Circles With Same Size

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  1. Draw three lines i, g and h, each passing through the centre of one of the circles and the point of contact of the other two circles.
  2. Denote the intersection of these three lines as S1, and this point is the centre of the two circles sought.
  3. Their radii are determined by the lengths of the segments S1G and S1F, where G and F are the intersections of the line i and the circle b(works with any circle and its intersecting line).