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BobFijiwinkle
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Hello everyone!
I'm trying to find out how to precisely construct three congruent circles inside a larger circle, each tangential to both the outer circle and the other two circles. For example:
[PLAIN]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1044/verybasicdrawing.png
An image I found on the internet, but with six:
[URL]http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/32400/32425/_32425_lg.gif[/URL]
I'm using the Geogebra program (http://www.geogebra.org/" ) on Ubuntu 11.4 Natty, but I'm mainly looking for the geometry behind it.
I saw on https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1822287&postcount=2" (thanks ZharAngel) how to find a point at a given angle and distance from another point. However, I need to find the distance of the inner circles' center points from the outside circle's center point.
Help anyone?
Thanks!
BF
I'm trying to find out how to precisely construct three congruent circles inside a larger circle, each tangential to both the outer circle and the other two circles. For example:
[PLAIN]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1044/verybasicdrawing.png
An image I found on the internet, but with six:
[URL]http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/32400/32425/_32425_lg.gif[/URL]
I'm using the Geogebra program (http://www.geogebra.org/" ) on Ubuntu 11.4 Natty, but I'm mainly looking for the geometry behind it.
I saw on https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1822287&postcount=2" (thanks ZharAngel) how to find a point at a given angle and distance from another point. However, I need to find the distance of the inner circles' center points from the outside circle's center point.
Help anyone?
Thanks!
BF
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