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Three Externally Tangent Circles With Same Size
Number of solutions: 2
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Steps
- 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.
- Denote the intersection of these three lines as S1, and this point is the centre of the two circles sought.
- 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).