POINT • CIRCLE • LINE

Tangent Line and Point in Opposite Half-Plane

Number of solutions: 1

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  1. The center of the solution circle lies on the perpendicular to the given line passing through the point of tangency.
  2. It also lies on the perpendicular bisector of the segment whose endpoints are the given point A and the point of tangency T.
  3. The desired center is located at the intersection of these two lines.
  4. The problem has one solution.