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Circle GB Sir Module

This document contains problems related to circles. It begins by asking the reader to find the center and radius of various circles given their equations. It then covers topics like determining if a point lies inside or outside a circle, finding the shortest and longest distances from a point to a circle, finding the intersection of lines and circles, and finding equations of tangent lines to circles. The document provides 23 problems total for the reader to work through related to basic circle geometry concepts. It also includes some hints and solutions for selected problems.

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Circle GB Sir Module

This document contains problems related to circles. It begins by asking the reader to find the center and radius of various circles given their equations. It then covers topics like determining if a point lies inside or outside a circle, finding the shortest and longest distances from a point to a circle, finding the intersection of lines and circles, and finding equations of tangent lines to circles. The document provides 23 problems total for the reader to work through related to basic circle geometry concepts. It also includes some hints and solutions for selected problems.

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Circle

Exercises
Level - 1
(Problems Based on Fundamentals)

ABC OF CIRCLES POSITION OF A POINT WITH RESPECT TO A


CIRCLE
1. Find the centre and the radius of the circle
16. Discuss the position of the points (1, 2) and (6, 0)
(i) x2 + y2 = 16 with respect to the circle x2 + y2 – 4x + 2y – 11 = 10.
(ii) x2 + y2 – 8x + 15 = 0 17. If the point (, –) lies inside the circle
(iii) x2 + y2 – x – y = 0 x2 + y2 – 4x + 2y – 8 = 0, then find range of .
2. Prove that the radii of the circles
x2 + y2 = 1, x2 + y2 – 2x – 6xy = 6. SHORTEST AND LONGEST DISTANCE OF A CIRCLE
and 2 2
x + y – 4x – 12y = 9 are in AP. FROM A POINT

3. Find the equation of the circle contric with the circle 18. Find the shortest and the longest distance from the
x2 + y2 – 8x + 6y – 5 = 0 and passing through the point (2, –7) to the circle
point (–2, –7). x2 + y2 – 14x – 10y – 151 = 0
4. Find the equation of the circle passing through the
point of intersection of x + 3y = 0 and 2x – 7y = 0 INTERSECTION OF A LINE AND A CIRCLE
and whose centre is the point of intersection of lines
x + y + 1 = 0 and x – 2y + 4 = 0. 19. Prove that the line y = x + 2 touches the circle
x2 + y2 = 2. Find its point of contact.
5. Find the equation of the circle touching the lines
4x – 3y = 30 and 4x – 3y + 10 = 0 having the centre 20. Find the equation of the tangent to the circle
on the line 2x + y = 0. x2 + y2 = 4 parallel to the line 3x + 2y + 5 = 0.
6. Let the equation of a circle is x2 + y2 – 16x – 24y + 21. Find the equation of the tangent to the circle
183 = 0. Find the equation of the image of this circle x2 + y2 = 9.
by the line mirror 4x + 7y + 13 = 0. 22. Find the equation of the tangent to the circle
7. Find the area of an equilateral triangle inscribed in x2 + y2 + 4x + 3 = 0, which makes an angle of 60°
the circle x2 + y2 + 2gx + 2fy + c = 0. with the positive direction of x-axis.
8. A circle has radius 3 units and its centre lies on the 23. If a tangent is equally inclined with the co-ordinate
line y = x – 1. Find the equation of the circle if it axes to the circle x2 + y2 = 4, find its equation.
passes through (7, 3). 24. Find the equation of the tangents to the circle
9. Find the point P on the circle x2 + y2 – 4x – 6y + 9 = x2 + y2 = 25 through (7, 1).
0 such that POX is minimum, where O is the origin
and OX is the x-axis.
10. Find the equation of the circle when the end-points
of a diameter are (2, 3) and (6, 9).
11. Find the equation of a circle passing through (1, 2),
(4, 5) and (0, 9).
12. Find the equation of a circle passing through the
points (1, 2) and (3, 4) and touching the line
3x + y = 5.
13. Find the length of intercepts to the circle
x2 + y2 + 6x + 10y + 8 = 0.
14. Find the length of y-intercept to the circle
x2 + y2 – x – y = 0.
15. Show that the circle x2 + y2 – 2ax + a2 = 0 touches
both the co-ordinate axes.

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Hints & Solutions


Level - 1

1. (i) The given equation of circle is x2 + y2 = 16. 3. Since the circle is concentric, so the centre of
Hence, the centre is (0, 0) and the radius = 4. the circle is the same as
(ii) The given equation of a circle is x2 + y2 – 8x + 6y – 5 = 0
2 2
x + y – 8x + 15 = 0. Let CP is the radius.
2 2
 (x – 4) + y =16 – 15 = 1 Then CP = (4  2)2  (7  3) 2
Hence, the centre is (4, 0) and the radius = 1.
(iii) The given equation of a circle is = 36  16  52  2 13
2 2
x +y –x–y=0 Hence, the equation of the circle is

 1 
2
1
2
1 1 1  1 
2 (x – 4)2 + (y + 3)2 = (2 13)2
 x   y      
 2  2 4 4 2  2   x2 + y2 – 8x + 6y = 27

1 1 1 4. The point of intersection of x + 3y = 0 and


the centre is  2 , 2  and the radius is .
  2 2x – 7y = 0 is P(0, 0) and the point of
intersection of x + y + 1 = 0
2. The equations of given circles are and
x2 + y2 = 1 ...(i) x – 2y + 4 = 0 is C(–2, 1).
x2 + y2 – 2x – 6y = 6 ...(ii)
Thus, CP is the radius, i.e. CP = 4  1  5
and
Hence, the equation of the circle is
x2 + y2 – 4x 12y = 9 ...(iii)
Let, r1, r2 and r3 are the radii of the circles (i), (x + 2)2 + (y – 1)2 = ( 5)2
(ii) and (iii).  x2 + y2 + 4x – 2y = 0
Then r1 = 1,
5. Clearly, the radius of the circle is
r2  g 2  f 2  c  1  9  6  4
1 30  ( 10) 1 40
and r3  4  36  9  7    4
2 42  32 2 5
Therefore, r1 + r3 = 7 + 1 = 8 = 2(4) = 2r2.
Thus, r1, r2 are in AP.

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