Given two circles, how many tangent lines can be drawn that are common to both, i.e. tangent to both circles? Do the radii of the circles change the answer? What other criteria could change the answer?

Kye

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2021-08-12

Given two circles, how many tangent lines can be drawn that are common to both, i.e. tangent to both circles? Do the radii of the circles change the answer? What other criteria could change the answer?

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Leonard Stokes

Leonard Stokes

Skilled2021-08-13Added 98 answers

Given the condition of two circles, we can give 3 examples of their location
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