Radical Axis and Radical Center

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This Demonstration illustrates the radical axis and radical center. For any point on the radical axis (or radical line), the tangents drawn to the two circles have the same length. With three circles, the three radical lines are concurrent at a point called the radical center (or power center).

Details

See the Wikipedia entry for "Radical axis".

External Links

Radical Center (Wolfram MathWorld)
Radical Line (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Sandeep R. Murthy
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​"Radical Axis and Radical Center"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/RadicalAxisAndRadicalCenter/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: November 11, 2011