For the circles described and shown, how many common tangents do they possess?

Dillard

Dillard

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2021-08-06

For the circles described and shown, how many common tangents do they possess? a) Internally tangent circles

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Nathalie Redfern

Nathalie Redfern

Skilled2021-08-07Added 99 answers

Step 1
For the circles described and shown, to determine the number of common tangents.
Step 2
Let us try to draw a common tangent line to the circles.

We can see that there is only one tangent to the circles.
Therefore they possess 1 common tangent.

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