two circles touch externally how many common tangents can be drawn to it - Maths - Circles

Question

two circles touch externally how many common tangents can be
drawn to it?

Gopal Mohanty · Accepted Answer

Hi
If two circles touch externally the number of common tangents
can be drawn to it is 3 This can be seen from the following
figure
<img src=
"https://s3mn%20mnimgs%20com/img/shared/userimages/mn_images/image/tangents%20png"
style="width: 261px; height: 203px;" alt="">
Cheers!

two circles touch externally how many common tangents can be drawn to it?