Let be two tangents drawn from on the circle

MATHEMATICS · Subjective · ISC · Mathematics · Coordinate Geometry · Coordinate Geometry

Problem

Let T1,T2T_1, T_2 be two tangents drawn from (−2,0)(-2, 0) on the circle C:x2+y2=1C: x^2 + y^2 = 1. Determine the circles touching CC and having T1,T2T_1, T_2 as their pair of tangents. Further, find the equations of all possible common tangents to these circles when taken two at a time.

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