ENGLISH FOR MATH

OUTER TANGENT
BETWEEN THE TWO
CIRCLES
Tangent to the circle
Tangent to the circle is a line that intersects the circle right on one point.
The point is called the point of tangency circle.

Look this picture Look at this picture below!

Line AB is a tangent.
Tangents AB offensive circle
M and also mentioned the
circle N.
Than, line AB is more often
referred to as the tangent
fellowship outside.
From the image, obtained :
The radius of the circle M = R;
The radius of the circle N = r;
Long tangent is AB = l;
Distance to the center point of the circle is MN
= p.
If the line AB parallel shifted down as far as the BN obtained ON line.
ON the line parallel to AB, so that the angle MON = angle MAB = 900.
Note the rectangular ABNO.
Line AB // ON, AN // BN, and the angle MON = angle MAB = 900.
Thus, rectangular ABNO is a rectangle.
Note that triangle MNO is a right-angled triangle, and the angle O is a
right angle.
Based an the Pythagorean theorem : MN2 = ON2 + OM2
The length of OM is AM-BN, thus: MN2 = ON2 + (AM-BN)2

Because who wants to know is the length of the line AB, and AB is equal to ON, then:

ON2 = MN2  (AM  BN)2

ON =  MN2  (AM  BN)2

Because of the length ON = AB = l, MN = p and OM = OM-BN (R - r), then formula outer tangent between two circles
(l), distance to the point of the circle (p), the radius of the large circle R, and small circle of radius r is:

l= p 2  (R  r) 2

Based on the description above, we can conclude that in order to determine the length of the fellowship outside
tangents (AB) we need to know the distance between the center point of the circle (MN), and the length of the
radius of the circle (R and r)
The length of the radius of the l =  p2 - (R-r)2 So, these two
two circles is 15 cm and 5 cm. l =  262 - (15-5)2 circles tangent
The distance between the l =  676 - 102
center point of the circle is 26 length is 24 cm
l =  676 - 100
cm. Determine the length of
the tangents of both circles! l =  576
l = 24

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