In a plane rectangular coordinate system , is a unit circle centred at and is a unit circle centred at . Make a line through the origin such that has two intersections with each of and , dividing and into four arcs, and two of these four arcs are of equal length. The sum of the slopes of all the lines satisfying the conditions is ________.
Solution
Denote the centres , of the two circles as , respectively.
If passes through or , then bisects the circumference of or that of , which yields two equal arcs. The possible slopes of at this point are or .
If neither passes through nor , then and are both divided into two arcs of unequal length by . And since and are equal circles, the two arcs divided in are equal to the two arcs divided in , respectively. This implies that is parallel to or passes through its midpoint . The possible slopes of at this point are or .
After checking, line has no intersection with circle , which does not fit the question; when , line has two intersections with each of , which is consistent with the question. Therefore, the sum of the slopes of all the lines satisfying the conditions is