Fun Circles
Source: Aime 2005b #15
November 14, 2005
conicsellipseratioanalytic geometrygraphing linesslopetrigonometry
Problem Statement
Let and denote the circles and , respectively. Let be the smallest positive value of for which the line contains the center of a circle that is externally tangent to and internally tangent to . Given that , where and are relatively prime integers, find .