Circles
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Can we find the equations of two circles that touch another?
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Show by calculation that the point \(P(-9,-3)\) lies inside the circle \[x^2+y^2+4x-8y-80=0.\]

Find the equations of the two circles which pass through \(P\), touch the given circle, and have radii of 5 units.

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UCLES A level Mathematics 2, QP 417/2, 1958, Q2

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