POINT • CIRCLE • LINE

A Line Is Tangent To A Circle, A Point Independently

Number of solutions: 3

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  1. Create a line p2 that will pass through the center of S1 and the given point A. Name the intersection of the circle k1 and the line p2 closer to point A B and find the center C between points A and B.
  2. Draw a perpendicular line p3 that is perpendicular to the line p1 and passes through the given point A.
  3. Find points equidistant from the circle k1 and point A. Thus, we are looking for a hyperbola d with foci at points A and S1 that passes through point C.
  4. We look for points equidistant from the line p1 and point A. Thus, we are looking for a parabola c with a control line p1 and foci at point A.
  5. Name the intersections of the hyperbola e and the parabola g S.
  6. The points S are the centres of the circles we are looking for. They must all pass through point A.