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  2. Intersection (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    This special line is the radical line of the two circles. Intersection of two circles with centers on the x-axis, their radical line is dark red. Special case = = = : In this case the origin is the center of the first circle and the second center lies on the x-axis (s. diagram).

  3. Line–line intersection - Wikipedia

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    The x and y coordinates of the point of intersection of two non-vertical lines can easily be found using the following substitutions and rearrangements. Suppose that two lines have the equations y = ax + c and y = bx + d where a and b are the slopes (gradients) of the lines and where c and d are the y-intercepts of the lines.

  4. Tangent lines to circles - Wikipedia

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    Let A 1, A 2, B 1, B 2, C 1, C 2 be the six intersection points, with the same letter corresponding to the same line and the index 1 corresponding to the point closer to P. Let D be the point where the lines A 1 B 2 and A 2 B 1 intersect, Similarly E for the lines B 1 C 2 and B 2 C 1. Draw a line through D and E. This line meets the circle at ...

  5. Secant line - Wikipedia

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    A straight line can intersect a circle at zero, one, or two points. A line with intersections at two points is called a secant line, at one point a tangent line and at no points an exterior line. A chord is the line segment that joins two distinct points of a circle. A chord is therefore contained in a unique secant line and each secant line ...

  6. Intersecting chords theorem - Wikipedia

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    The value of the two products in the chord theorem depends only on the distance of the intersection point S from the circle's center and is called the absolute value of the power of S; more precisely, it can be stated that: | | | | = | | | | = where r is the radius of the circle, and d is the distance between the center of the circle and the ...

  7. Inscribed angle - Wikipedia

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    Given a circle whose center is point O, choose three points V, C, D on the circle. Draw lines VC and VD: angle ∠DVC is an inscribed angle. Now draw line OV and extend it past point O so that it intersects the circle at point E. Angle ∠DVC intercepts arc DC on the circle. Suppose this arc includes point E within it.

  8. Intersection curve - Wikipedia

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    The second case shows an example where the intersection curve consists of two parts. In the third case, the sphere and cylinder touch each other at one singular point. The intersection curve is self-intersecting. If the cylinder and sphere have the same radius and the midpoint of the sphere is located on the axis of the cylinder, then the ...

  9. Envelope (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, an envelope of a planar family of curves is a curve that is tangent to each member of the family at some point, and these points of tangency together form the whole envelope. Classically, a point on the envelope can be thought of as the intersection of two "infinitesimally adjacent" curves, meaning the limit of intersections of ...