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Determine whether the lines shown are interior or exterior tangents

Determine whether the lines shown are interior or exterior tangents-example-1

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A tangent of two circles is a common internal tangent if the intersection of the tangent and the line segment joining the centers is not empty.

In this case, the lines represent interior tangents

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