
Draw a transverse common tangent to two circles of radii and whose centres are apart.





Important Questions on Constructions
Let be a right triangle in which and . is the perpendicular from on . The circle through is drawn. Construct the tangents from to this circle.

Take a point which is away from the centre of a circle of radius , and draw two tangents to the circle from that points and calculate their lengths.





Draw the circle with centre and radius . Take point which is at distance from the centre. Draw tangents to the circle from point .




Draw . Construct a pair of tangents from point at a distance of from the centre . Also write points of constructions.



Draw a circle of radius and construct a pair of tangents such that the angle between them is .




Construct a circumcircle of , where and degree. Write the steps of construction.

Use ruler and compass only for answering the question.
Draw a circle of radius . Mark the centre as . Mark a point outside the circle at a distance of from the centre. Construct two tangents to the circle from the external point .
Measure and write down the length of any one tangent.

Draw a line segment of length . Taking as centre, draw a circle of radius and taking as centre, draw another circle of radius . Construct tangents to each circle from the centre of the other circle.

