Showing that the inversion of a circle can be written in a certain way

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Let $\phi = \dfrac{1}{r} ∘ T_{-O_C}$, $O_C$ the center of $C$, $T_{-O_C}$ is a translation.

I want to show that the inversion of a circle $C \in \mathbb{C}$ can be written as: $$\iota_C = \phi ∘ \iota ∘ \phi^{-1}$$

I have to show 3 things:

  • $\forall z \in C$ , $\iota_C (z) \in C$

  • $\iota_C$ exchanges the inside and the outside of C

  • $\iota_C$ globally preserves the circles and the lines perpendicular to $C$

The first properties are easy to show but for the third property, I don't see why after a homotheticity of $1/r$, and after a translation, a line $l$ perpendicular to $C$ remains the same