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External tangency (∣c1​−c2​∣=r1​+r2​)

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Two distinct positive-radius circles have external tangency when their closed disks meet at exactly one point. The Euclidean distance between their centres equals the sum of their radii. The contact point divides the segment of centres internally in the ratio r1​:r2​.

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