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JEE • MATHEMATICS • CIRCLES
Circles practice · Easy
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Equation of a circle with centre touching internally and containing the circle is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents a circle with center (-4, 3) and radius 6, which touches the circle internally.
422
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Analyzing
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The number of common tangents to the circles and , is
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Correct option: B
1
Option B (1) is correct because the distance between the centers equals the difference of the radii, indicating the circles touch internally and have one common tangent.
423
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Analyzing
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A circle is passing through the points and and the bisector of first and third quadrant is normal to it, then its area, in square units, is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the area of the circle passing through the given points with the specified normal.
424
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If tangents and are drawn to from the point , then area of being the origin, is equal to
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Correct option: A
sq units
Option A ( sq units) is correct because it is calculated using the length of the perpendicular from the origin to the chord and the length of the chord.
425
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The circles and intersect each other in two distinct points if
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the condition for two circles to intersect at two distinct points is that the distance between their centers must be between the difference and the sum of their radii.
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Find the intercept made by the circle on the line .
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Correct option: A
2
Option A (2) is correct because the length of the intercept made by the circle on the line is calculated to be 2.
427
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The locus of pole of any tangent to the circle w.r.t. the hyperbola is the circle
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Correct option: C
Option C is correct because the locus of the pole is found by comparing the tangent to the circle and the polar of the hyperbola.
428
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Analyzing
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If the circles and touch each other, then
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the circles touch each other if they have the same tangent at the origin.
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The circle described on the line joining the points as diameter cuts the -axis in points whose abscissae are roots of the equation
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Correct option: B
Option A () is correct because these are the equations of the circles that touch the x-axis at a distance of 3 from the origin and have an intercept of length on the y-axis.
430
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The tangents to the circle , which are inclined at angle of with the axis of form a rhombus, the length of whose sides is
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Correct option: D
4
Option D (4) is correct because the length of the side of the rhombus is found by calculating the length of the tangent from the point where the tangents intersect the x-axis.
431
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The number of common tangents to the circles and is
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Correct option: B
3
Option B (3) is correct because the two circles touch each other externally, resulting in three common tangents.
432
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Analyzing
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If the chords of contact of the tangents from a point on the circle to the circle touch the circle then the roots of the equation , are
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Correct option: B
Real and equal
The roots are real and equal because the condition for the chord of contact to touch the inner circle leads to , which implies the discriminant of the quadratic equation is zero.
433
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A line through intersect a circle at and , then is equal to
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Correct option: A
1
Option A (1) is correct because is equal to the square of the length of the tangent from point to the circle, which can be calculated using .
434
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If the base of a triangle and the ratio of the lengths of the other two unequal sides are given, then the vertex lies on a/an
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Correct option: B
circle
Option B (circle) is correct because the locus of the vertex is a circle according to Apollonius's circle theorem.
435
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The value of , for which the line is a tangent to the circle , is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the value of c for which the line is tangent to the circle, derived using the tangency condition.
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436
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Two circles and are such that
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Correct option: C
They intersect at two points
Option C (They intersect at two points) is correct because the distance between the centers of the circles is less than the sum of their radii.
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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
units
Option C ( units) is correct because it is the value of k that makes the area of the circle equal to sq units.
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If the abscissa and the ordinates of two points and are the roots of the equations and respectively.
Then, the equation of circle with as diameter is
Then, the equation of circle with as diameter is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the equation of a circle with AB as diameter, derived using the roots of the given quadratic equations and the diameter form of the circle equation.
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Find the radius of the circle whose centre is in fourth quadrant and which touches as each of the three lines , and
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Correct option: A
3
Option A (3) is correct because the radius of the circle is found by using the distance from the center to the line and solving the resulting equation.
440
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Find the parametric equations of the circle .
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the parametric equations of the circle with center (2, 1) and radius 2.
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The equation of the tangent to the circle , which are parallel to , are
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Correct option: C
Option C (x + 2y = ) is correct because it is the result of applying the condition for tangency (c2 = a2(1+m2)) to find the correct tangent lines parallel to the given line.
442
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If the equation of the circle is , then
I. Centre of the circle is .
II. Radius of the circle is .
I. Centre of the circle is .
II. Radius of the circle is .
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Correct option: C
Both are true
Option C is correct because both statements are true. The center and radius are correctly derived from the given circle equation by completing the square.
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Analyzing
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Let a circle be obtained on rolling the circle upwards 4 units on the tangent to it at the point . Let be the image of in . Let and be the centers of circles and respectively, and and be respectively the feet of perpendiculars drawn from and on the -axis. Then the area of the trapezium AMNB is:
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the area of the trapezium is calculated by finding the coordinates of the centers of the circles and using the formula for the area of a trapezium.
444
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The locus of a point which moves so that the ratio of the length of the tangents to the circles and is , is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the locus of the point where the ratio of the lengths of tangents to the two circles is 2:3.
445
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Discuss the position of the points and with respect to the circle .
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Correct option: D
inside; outside
Option D ((1,2) inside; (6,0) outside) is correct because substituting the points into the circle's equation shows that (1,2) results in a negative value (inside), while (6,0) results in a positive value (outside).
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Equation of a circle with centre and radius 5 such that and is
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Correct option: C
Option D () is correct because it represents a circle with radius 5 and a center (h,k) that satisfies the given conditions.
447
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The area of the circle whose centre is at and passing through , is
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Correct option: C
sq units
Option C ( sq units) is correct because it represents the area of the circle calculated using the distance between the center and the point on the circle as the radius.
448
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The locus of the centres of the circles for which one end of a diameter is while the other end is on the line , is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the locus of the centers of the circles that satisfy the given conditions, derived by eliminating the parameter 't'.
449
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The line meets the circle at only one point if is equal to
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it satisfies the tangency condition for a line and a circle, where the distance from the center of the circle to the line equals the radius.
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The equation of the circle which touches the axes of the coordinates and the line and whose centre lies in the first quadrant is where is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because these are the two possible values of the radius of the circle that touches both axes and the given line.
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