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Tangent Line and Point in Opposite Half-Plane
Number of solutions: 1
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Steps
- The center of the solution circle lies on the perpendicular to the given line passing through the point of tangency.
- It also lies on the perpendicular bisector of the segment whose endpoints are the given point A and the point of tangency T.
- The desired center is located at the intersection of these two lines.
- The problem has one solution.