let the common center of the two circles be O. Draw radii OA and OB of the larger circle and radius OR of the smaller circle.I won't write it in a 2-line proof. I'll just tell you what to do and you can write it up as a 2-line proof. OA = OB because they are radii of the same (larger) circle OR is perpendicular to AB, because a tangent to a circle is perpendicular to the radius drawn to the point of tangency. So triangles ARO and BRO are right triangles. OR = OR Right triangles ARO and BRO are congruent because they have a pair of congruent hypotenuses and a pair of congruent legs. Therefore AR = RB because they are corresponding parts of congruent triangles. Edwin