Inner Common Tangent of Two Circles

Inner Common Tangent of Two Circles
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2019-12-27 13:40
①This example demonstrates how to construct the inner common tangent lines of two circles, i.e., lines that are tangent to both circles and lie between them. ②Core mathematical concepts include tangent properties of circles, definition of inner common tangents, perpendicularity of radius to tangent at the point of tangency, and the use of auxiliary points such as midpoints and intersections. ③Construction details: from the summary, the commands used are Circle, Segment, Midpoint, Intersect, Line, and Angle; objects include A, B, c, C, D, d, f, g, h, e, E, k, F, i, j, G, l, m, H, n, p, q, α, β, reflecting a complete compass-and-straightedge construction process. ④Suitable for high school plane geometry or analytic geometry courses, to understand tangent properties and geometric construction methods, and as a GeoGebra construction teaching example.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Circle(A, B) → c
  2. Circle(C, D) → d
  3. Segment(A, B) → f
  4. Segment(C, D) → g
  5. Circle(A, h) → e
  6. Midpoint(A, C) → E
  7. Circle(E, C) → k
  8. Intersect(e, k, 1) → F
  9. Line(A, F) → i
  10. Line(C, F) → j
  11. Intersect(c, i, 2) → G
  12. Line(G, j) → l
  13. Line(C, i) → m
  14. Intersect(d, l, 1) → H
  15. Segment(A, G) → n
  16. Segment(C, H) → p
  17. Segment(G, H) → q
  18. Angle(A, G, H) → α
  19. Angle(C, H, G) → β

AI Drawing Prompt Reference

Draw the inner common tangents of two circles. First, draw two circles. Then, draw two auxiliary circles with the centers of the original circles as their centers. Find the intersection of these two auxiliary circles, and draw two lines from this intersection point that are tangent to both original circles. These two lines are the inner common tangents.
The prompt above was compiled from the original drawing commands and is for reference only.