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JEE • MATHEMATICS • CIRCLES
Circles practice · Easy
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Find the equation of the circle which passes through the point of intersection of the lines and and whose centre is .
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the distance between the center of the circle and the point of intersection of the given lines, which equals the radius.
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The intercept on the line by the circle is . The equation of the circle with as a diameter, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the equation of the circle with AB as a diameter, where A and B are the intersection points of the given circle and the line y=x.
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If the straight line touches the circle and is normal to circle , then the values of and are
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because by using the conditions of tangency and normality, we can solve for a and b.
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The equation of a circle is The number of real points at which the circle drawn with points and as the ends of a diameter cuts the circle, is
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Correct option: C
2
Option C (2) is correct because the condition is satisfied, indicating that the circles intersect at two points.
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If the line cuts the circle at two real and distinct points, then
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the condition for the line to intersect the circle at two distinct points holds for all real values of m.
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Two parallel chords of a circle have length 10 and 14 and are 6 units apart. If a regular polygon of 12 sides is inscribed in a circle , then find the area of regular polygon.
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Correct option: A
150
Option A (150) is correct because the area of the regular polygon is calculated using the given chord lengths and their distance apart to find the circle's radius, then applying the area formula for a regular polygon.
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If , then the positive value of for which is a common tangent to and , is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is derived from the tangency condition of a line to a circle.
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The circle intersects the line at two distinct points if
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it satisfies the condition for the line to intersect the circle at two distinct points.
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The number of common tangents to the two circles and is
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Correct option: B
2
Option B (2) is correct because the distance between the centers of the two circles is less than the sum of their radii, indicating that they intersect, and thus have two common tangents.
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The equation of the circle with centre on the -axis and touching the line at point is
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Correct option: C
Option D (None of these) is incorrect; the correct answer is C () which is found by using the given point and the condition that the center lies on the x-axis to solve for the circle's equation.
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If and are two tangents to a circle, then the radius the circle, is
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Correct option: A
1
The correct answer is 1 because the radius is half the distance between the two parallel tangent lines.
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Equation of a circle which passes through and touches the axes, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents a circle touching both axes and passing through the point (3,6).
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The equation of a tangent to the circle passing through , is
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Correct option: A
The correct answer is because the tangent equation is found by substituting the point into the general tangent equation and solving for the slope.
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The length of the tangent drawn to the circle from the point is
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Correct option: C
3
Option C (3) is correct because the length of the tangent is calculated by substituting the point's coordinates into the circle's equation and taking the square root.
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The chord of contact of tangents from a point to a circle passes through . If and are the lengths of the tangents from and to the circle, then is equal to
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the distance PQ, derived using the chord of contact and the lengths of tangents from P and Q.
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The diameter of a circle are along and . Then, the equation of this circle, which also passes through , is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the equation of the circle that satisfies the given conditions.
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The equation of a circle which has a tangent and two normals given by is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the circle's center lies at the intersection of the normals and the radius is the distance from the center to the tangent.
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If the equation of tangent to the circle parallel to is , then the value of are
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because these are the values of k for which the line 3x - 4y + k = 0 is tangent to the given circle.
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The shortest distance from the point to the circle is
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Correct option: A
2
Option A (2) is correct because the shortest distance is the absolute difference between the distance from the point to the center and the radius of the circle.
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the equation represents a circle, the condition will be
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Correct option: C
and
Option C ( and ) is correct because for a general second-degree equation to represent a circle, the coefficients of and must be equal, and the coefficient of must be zero.
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The circle whose equations are and will touch one another externally if
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Correct option: C
The correct answer is C () because it represents the condition for the two circles to touch each other externally, derived from the distance between their centers and the sum of their radii.
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A variable circle passes through the fixed point and touches -axis. Then, the locus of its centre is
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Correct option: A
A parabola
Option A (A parabola) is correct because the locus of the center of a circle passing through a fixed point and touching the y-axis is a parabola.
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The equation of normal to the circle at is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the equation of the normal to the given circle at the point (1,1).
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The pole of the straight line with respect to the circle is
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Correct option: C
Option C ((3, -1)) is correct because it is the pole of the given line with respect to the given circle, calculated using the polar equation.
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Lines are drawn through the point to meet the circle . The length of the line segment being the point on the circle, where the line meets the circle at coincident points, is
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Correct option: B
units
Option B ( units) is correct because the length of the tangent from a point to a circle is calculated using the formula , where S_1 is obtained by substituting the point's coordinates into the circle's equation.
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Which of the following statement(s) is true regarding the following circles?
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Correct option: B
These circles touch each other internally
Option B (These circles touch each other internally) is correct because the distance between their centers is equal to the difference of their radii.
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The number of common tangents to circles and , is
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Correct option: C
2
Option C (2) is correct because the distance between the centers is less than the sum of the radii, indicating two common tangents can be drawn.
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The lengths of the intercepts made by any circle on the coordinates axes are equal if the centre lies on the line (s) represented by
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because equal intercepts on the axes imply that the center of the circle lies on the lines or .
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Locus of mid-point of chords of that pass through the origin, is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the locus of the midpoint of the chords passing through the origin.
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If is a tangent to the circle and is also perpendicular to the tangent to the circle at , then
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the condition for the line to be tangent to the circle and perpendicular to the tangent of the other circle.
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