POINT • CIRCLE • CIRCLE

Two Externally Tangent Circles, Different Sizes, Point On The Circle

Number of solutions: 1

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Steps

  1. choose point A as the center of a circular inversion, and choose the radius of the circle so that it passes through both given circles, then draw circle k
  2. display circles k1 and k2 in the circular inversion, circles k1 and k2 are created
  3. point C is the point of tangency of k1' and k2', construct line o from point C perpendicular to line k2
  4. point F is the intersection of circle k1 and the perpendicular line o
  5. construct line k4' that is parallel to the line k2 and passes through point F
  6. display line k4' to its inverse image under the circular inversion with respect to circle k, that circle is the solution to the problem