Four tangents

Geometry Level 4

Given two circles with equations ( x + 5 ) 2 + ( y + 2 ) 2 = 16 (x+5)^2+(y+2)^2=16 and ( x 3 ) 2 + ( y 4 ) 2 = 25 (x-3)^2+(y-4)^2=25 , there are four tangents to them, at the same time.

If two of them are: y = a ± b c d x + e ± f c d y=\dfrac{a \pm b\sqrt{c}}{d}x+\dfrac{e \pm f\sqrt{c}}{d} And the other two are: y = g ± h j k x + l ± m j k y=\dfrac{g \pm h\sqrt{j}}{k}x+\dfrac{l \pm m\sqrt{j}}{k}

Find a + b + c + d + e + f + g + h + j + k + l + m a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+j+k+l+m , where the equations of the line are in its simplest form.


The answer is 84.

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