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  1. March 8th 2008, 06:23 AM #1
    james_bond
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    Tangets of a circle

    The lengths of the tangents drawn from the points A and B to a circle k are a and b, respectively. We know that \frac{AT}{a}=\frac{BT}{b} (and A, B, T are not collinear.) Prove that the circle passing through the points A, B, T touches k.
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