Given a circle ๐ with center ๐ and radius ๐ = 4 cm, and a line segment ๐ด๐ต with length 2 cm.
The circles that touch circle ๐ and have radius 2 cm will either be inside or outside of circle ๐.
For the circles inside ๐, their centers will lie on a circle with the same center ๐ and radius 4 cm - 2 cm = 2 cm. This is because the distance from ๐ to the center of the smaller circle is the difference of the radii.
For the circles outside ๐, their centers will lie on a circle with the same center ๐ and radius 4 cm + 2 cm = 6 cm. This is because the distance from ๐ to the center of the larger circle is the sum of the radii.
So, the set of all centers of circles that touch circle ๐ and have radius ๐ = 2 cm will lie on two circles, one inside ๐ with radius 2 cm and one outside ๐ with radius 6 cm, both having the same center ๐ as circle ๐.
Construction part: To construct these, you would draw two circles with the same center ๐, one with radius 2 cm and the other with radius 6 cm. The points on these two circles represent the centers of all possible circles that touch circle ๐ and have radius ๐ = 2 cm.