Two Tangent Circles, Different Sizes, Point Inside A Circle
Number of solutions: 1
GeoGebra construction
Steps
- We choose the reference circle for the inversion. We take the point of tangency of the two given circles as its center.
- We perform a circular inversion of the given objects. Since the point of tangency lies on both given circles, they are transformed into lines.
- The image of the solution circle is a line parallel to the images of the given circles and passing through the image of the given point.
- We invert the obtained line back using the original inversion.
- The problem has one solution.
GeoGebra construction
Steps
- Draw a point B1 where the circles touch eachother.
- Draw a line segment AB1.
- Draw an axis of the line segment AB1. The centre of the final circle belongs to this axis.
- Draw a line h going through the centres of the given circles - points B and C.
- The intersection point of the line segment AB1 and the line h is named S1 and it is the centre of the final circle.
- Draw the final circle the centre of which is the point S1 and which goes through the point A.
- The final circle of the task "point, circle, circle"
GeoGebra construction
Steps
- We choose the reference circle for the inversion. We take the given point as its center.
- We apply a circular inversion to the given objects. Since the given point is the center of the reference circle, it is mapped to infinity.
- The image of the solution circle is the common tangent of the two transformed circles.
- We invert the obtained line back using the original inversion.
- The problem has one solution.