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  2. Tangent lines to circles - Wikipedia

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    If = + is the distance from c 1 to c 2 we can normalize by =, =, = to simplify equation (1), resulting in the following system of equations: + =, + =; solve these to get two solutions (k = ±1) for the two external tangent lines: = = + = (+) Geometrically this corresponds to computing the angle formed by the tangent lines and the line of ...

  3. Proofs of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia

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    Let PQ be a line perpendicular to line OQ defined by angle , drawn from point Q on this line to point P. OQP is a right angle. Let QA be a perpendicular from point A on the x -axis to Q and PB be a perpendicular from point B on the x -axis to P. ∴ {\displaystyle \therefore } OAQ and OBP are right angles.

  4. Tangential quadrilateral - Wikipedia

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    The diagonals are perpendicular. The two line segments connecting opposite points of tangency have equal lengths. One pair of opposite tangent lengths have equal lengths. The bimedians have equal lengths. The products of opposite sides are equal. The center of the incircle lies on the diagonal that is the axis of symmetry.

  5. Radical axis - Wikipedia

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    The tangent lines must be equal in length for any point on the radical axis: | | = | |. If P, T 1, T 2 lie on a common tangent, then P is the midpoint of ⁠ ¯.. In Euclidean geometry, the radical axis of two non-concentric circles is the set of points whose power with respect to the circles are equal.

  6. Tangent - Wikipedia

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    The angle between two curves at a point where they intersect is defined as the angle between their tangent lines at that point. More specifically, two curves are said to be tangent at a point if they have the same tangent at a point, and orthogonal if their tangent lines are orthogonal. [18]

  7. Ellipse - Wikipedia

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    Because the tangent line is perpendicular to the normal, an equivalent statement is that the tangent is the external angle bisector of the lines to the foci (see diagram). Let L {\displaystyle L} be the point on the line P F 2 ¯ {\displaystyle {\overline {PF_{2}}}} with distance 2 a {\displaystyle 2a} to the focus F 2 {\displaystyle F_{2 ...

  8. Perpendicular - Wikipedia

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    From a point on the tangent line to a parabola's vertex, the other tangent line to the parabola is perpendicular to the line from that point through the parabola's focus. The orthoptic property of a parabola is that If two tangents to the parabola are perpendicular to each other, then they intersect on the directrix. Conversely, two tangents ...

  9. Pedal curve - Wikipedia

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    Conversely, at any point R on the curve C, let T be the tangent line at that point R; then there is a unique point X on the tangent T which forms with the pedal point P a line perpendicular to the tangent T (for the special case when the fixed point P lies on the tangent T, the points X and P coincide) – the pedal curve is the set of such ...