Locate the intersection(s) of 2 circles
Uses a function by Reinder which draws a circle centered on a specific (x,y) location
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// Locate the intersection(s) of 2 circles
// thanks to jupdike/IntersectTwoCircles.js
// https://gist.github.com/jupdike/bfe5eb23d1c395d8a0a1a4ddd94882ac
// You can find the Turtle API reference here: https://turtletoy.net/syntax
Canvas.setpenopacity(1);
const radius = 40; // min=5 max=100 step=1
const X1 = -14; // min=-100 max=100 step=1
const Y1 = -12; // min=-100 max=100 step=1
const X2 = 28; // min=-100 max=100 step=1
const Y2 = 23; // min=-100 max=100 step=1
// Global code will be evaluated once.
const turtle = new Turtle();
centeredCircle(X1, Y1, radius, 360);
centeredCircle(X2, Y2, radius, 360);
intersectTwoCircles(X1, Y1,radius, X2, Y2 ,radius)
// thanks to jupdike/IntersectTwoCircles.js
// https://gist.github.com/jupdike/bfe5eb23d1c395d8a0a1a4ddd94882ac
// based on the math here:
// http://math.stackexchange.com/a/1367732
// x1,y1 is the center of the first circle, with radius r1
// x2,y2 is the center of the second ricle, with radius r2
function intersectTwoCircles(x1,y1,r1, x2,y2,r2) {
var centerdx = x1 - x2;
var centerdy = y1 - y2;
var R = Math.sqrt(centerdx * centerdx + centerdy * centerdy);
if (!(Math.abs(r1 - r2) <= R && R <= r1 + r2)) { // no intersection
return []; // empty list of results
}
// intersection(s) should exist
var R2 = R*R;
var R4 = R2*R2;
var a = (r1*r1 - r2*r2) / (2 * R2);
var r2r2 = (r1*r1 - r2*r2);
var c = Math.sqrt(2 * (r1*r1 + r2*r2) / R2 - (r2r2 * r2r2) / R4 - 1);
var fx = (x1+x2) / 2 + a * (x2 - x1);
var gx = c * (y2 - y1) / 2;
var ix1 = fx + gx;
var ix2 = fx - gx;
var fy = (y1+y2) / 2 + a * (y2 - y1);
var gy = c * (x1 - x2) / 2;
var iy1 = fy + gy;
var iy2 = fy - gy;
centeredCircle(ix1, iy1, 2, 360); // highlight intersection point 1
centeredCircle(ix2, iy2, 2, 360); // highlight intersection point 1
// note if gy == 0 and gx == 0 then the circles are tangent and there is only one solution
// but that one solution will just be duplicated as the code is currently written
return [ix1, iy1, ix2, iy2];
}
// thanks to Reinder for this function
// Draws a circle centered a specific x,y location
// and returns the turtle to the original angle after it completes the circle.
function centeredCircle(x,y, radius, ext) {
turtle.penup();
turtle.goto(x,y);
turtle.backward(radius);
turtle.left(90);
turtle.pendown(); turtle.circle(radius, ext);
turtle.right(90); turtle.penup(); turtle.forward(radius); turtle.pendown();
}