Engineering
Mathematics
Common Tangent To two Circle
Question

The number of common tangents to the circles 

x2 + y2 – 4x – 6y – 12 = 0 and x2 + y2 + 6x + 18y + 26 = 0, is

4

2

1

3

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Solution

C1C2 = r1 + r2

 circles touches each other externally, hence they have exactly 3 common tangents.