CIRCLE • CIRCLE • LINE

Two Circles Internally Tangent Circles, Line Outside The Circle And Perpendicular To A Line Throught The Centers

Number of solutions: 1

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  1. This process is also valid for the case that the contact of the circles is on the opposite side (further from the line g).
  2. We have circles c and d with centres A and C respectively, circle d touches circle c at point B from the inside. We have a line g which is perpendicular to the line joining the centres of the circles.
  3. Construct the line of centres f.
  4. Name the intersection of f and g by D.
  5. Construct the midpoint of the line |BD| and name it by S.
  6. Construct the circle e(S; |SB|), which is the solution