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Proposition: 3.11: Line Joining Centers of Two Circles Touching Internally

(Proposition 11 from Book 3 of Euclid's “Elements”)

If two circles touch one another internally, and their centers are found, then the straight line joining their centers, being produced, will fall upon the point of union of the circles.

• For let two circles, $ABC$ and $ADE$, touch one another internally at point $A$, and let the center $F$ of circle $ABC$ have been found [Prop. 3.1], and (the center) $G$ of (circle) $ADE$ [Prop. 3.1].
• I say that the straight line joining $G$ to $F$, being produced, will fall on $A$.

Modern Formulation

If two circles touch one another internally at a point $A$, then the straight line going through their centers goes also through $A$.

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1. Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"

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