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For Q34-36: C1 and C2 are unit circles centered at P=(0,0) and Q=(1,0). Unit circle C3 passes through P and Q and has center R=(1/2, √3/2) above the x-axis.

$C_{1}, C_{2}$ are unit circles with centres $P = (0, 0)$ and $Q = (1, 0)$ . The unit circle $C_{3}$ passes through $P, Q$ and has centre $R$ above the $x$ -axis, so $R = (1/2, 3 /2)$ . The length of a common tangent segment to $C_{2}$ and $C_{3}$ is

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Equal-radius circles have parallel radii to a direct common tangent; its contact segment equals centre distance $QR = 1$ .

Stream:JEESubject:MathematicsTopic:CircleSubtopic:Common tangents to two circles

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