Sphere Touching a Line

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Sphere Touching a Line

For a sphere with centre $$c$$ and radius $$r$$, a line touches the sphere if the perpendicular distance from the centre to the line equals the radius:

$$d(C,\text{line})=r$$

Usage

- Used to test whether a line is tangent to a sphere.

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