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JEE • MATHEMATICS • CIRCLES
Circles practice · Mixed difficulty
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The locus of the centre of a circle of radius 2 which rolls on the outside of the circle, is is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the locus of the center of the rolling circle, considering the sum of the radii.
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The range of values of for which is on interior point of the circle is
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Correct option: D
Option D (()) is correct because it represents the range of θ for which the point (1 + cos θ, sin θ) lies inside the circle.
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The equation of circle which touches the line and , also the point of contact on first line is , is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the circle touches both lines and the point of contact on the first line is given, allowing us to find the other diametric endpoint and thus the circle's equation.
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Length of the common chord of the circles and is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the length of the common chord calculated using the distance from the center to the chord and the radius.
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The tangent to which is parallel to and does not lie in the third quadrant touches the circle at the point
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Correct option: A
Option A ((3,0)) is correct because the tangent to the circle parallel to the y-axis and not in the third quadrant is x=3, which touches the circle at (3,0).
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The locus of a point which moves such that the sum of the squares of its distances from three vertices of a triangle is a circle whose centre is at the
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Correct option: A
Centroid of triangle
Option A (Centroid of triangle ) is correct because the center of the circle derived in the previous question is the centroid of the triangle.
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If the points and are concyclic, then
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Correct option: B
1
Option C () is correct because it represents the locus of the centers of the circles that satisfy the given conditions.
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Find the equation of the normal to the circle at the point .
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the equation of the normal to the circle at the given point (5,6), which is perpendicular to the tangent at that point.
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The locus of the centre of a circle which touches externally the circle and also touches -axis, is given by the equation
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it represents the locus of the center of the circle that touches the given circle externally and the Y-axis.
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The equation of the circle passing through and and having the smallest possible radius, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the circle passing through (1,0) and (0,1) with the smallest possible radius, derived by setting c=0.
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The equation of a circle with origin as centre and passing through the vertices of an equilateral triangle whose median is of length 3a is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the radius of the circumcircle is 2/3 of the median's length, which is 2a, and the center is at the origin.
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The distance between the chords of contact of the tangent to the circle from the origin and the point is
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Correct option: D
The correct answer is because it represents the distance between the chords of contact, calculated using the formula for the distance between parallel lines.
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The set of values of a for which the point is an interior point of the larger segment of the circle made by the chord , is
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Correct option: B
Option B ((0,9/5)) is correct because it satisfies both conditions: the point (2a, a+1) is an interior point of the circle, and it lies on the same side of the chord as the center of the circle.
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The pole of the line with respect to the circle is
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Correct option: A
Option A ((1,2)) is correct because it represents the pole of the given line with respect to the given circle.
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The normal at the point on a circle at the point The equation of the circle, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the equation of the circle with the given conditions, where the normal at one point passes through another point on the circle.
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If the line cuts the circle at two real points, then belongs to
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Correct option: C
Option C, , is correct because the line always intersects the circle at two real points since the point (1,1) always lies inside the circle.
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If the circles and touch each other, then
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the condition for the circles to touch leads to this relationship between a, b, and c.
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The circles touches
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Correct option: B
-axis
The correct answer is B (-axis) because the radius of the circle is equal to the x-coordinate of the center, indicating it touches the -axis.
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The equation represents
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Correct option: A
A point
Option A (A point ) is correct because the given equation represents a circle with radius zero, which is a point.
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The equation of the locus of the middle point of a chord of the circle such that the pair of lines joining the origin to the point of intersection of the chord and the circle are equally inclined to the -axis is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the locus of the midpoint of the chord such that the lines joining the origin to the intersection points are equally inclined to the x-axis.
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The number of common tangents of the circles given by and is
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Correct option: C
two
Option C (two) is correct because the distance between the centers is between the difference and the sum of the radii, indicating two common tangents.
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If three distinct point are given in the 2-dimensional coordinate plane such that the ratio of the distance of each one of them from the point to the distance from is equal to , then the circumcentre of the triangle is at the point:
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the circumcenter of the triangle formed by points satisfying the given distance ratio condition.
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The condition for a line to touch the circle is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it satisfies the condition for the line to be tangent to the circle.
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The circle cuts -axis at
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because these are the x-intercepts of the circle, found by setting y=0 and solving the resulting quadratic equation.
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The lines and touch a circle of radius 3 units. If the centre of circle lies in the first quadrant, then the coordinates of centre is
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Correct option: C
Option C ((5,2)) is correct because it satisfies the condition that the distance from the center to both lines is equal to the radius, and the center lies in the first quadrant.
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The point of the straight line which is nearest to the circle is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the point on the line nearest to the circle.
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If and are two tangents to a circle, the radius of the circle is
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Correct option: A
1
Option A (1) is correct because the radius of the circle is half the distance between the two parallel tangent lines.
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If the area of the circle is sq unit, then the value of is
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Correct option: C
Option C (-16) is correct because it is the value of k that makes the area of the given circle equal to 9π.
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If the line is the equation of a transverse common tangent to the circles and , then the value of is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the equation of the common tangent can be found by using the condition and then comparing with the given equation.
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If two circles and touch each other, then
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because two circles touching each other at the origin must have a common tangent at the origin, which leads to the condition .
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