Figure Asymptote geometry -- 103
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Categories : Examples 2D | Geometry.asy
Tags : #Geometry | #Arc | #Circle | #Intersection | #Line | #Coords system | #Tangent
import geometry; size(8cm,0); currentcoordsys=cartesiansystem((1,2),i=(1,0.5),j=(-0.5,.75)); show(currentcoordsys, xpen=invisible); real R=2; point A=(1,1.5); dot("$A$",A,S,red); point B=A+(2,1); dot("$B$",B,S,blue); arc a=arc(circle(A,R),-40,180); arc b=arc(circle(B,R),-45,220); draw(a,red); draw(b,blue); point M=intersectionpoints(a,b)[0]; dot(M); /*<asyxml><view file="modules/geometry.asy" type="line" signature="tangent(explicit arc,point)"/></asyxml>*/ draw(tangent(a,M), grey); draw(tangent(b,M), grey); /*<asyxml><view file="modules/geometry.asy" type="line" signature="tangent(explicit arc,abscissa)"/></asyxml>*/ draw(tangent(a,angabscissa(45)), grey);