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JEE • MATHEMATICS • CIRCLES
Circles practice · Medium
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Let be an isosceles triangle with units and let be mid-point of . A circle through touches at . If , then radius of the circle is equal to
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because by using properties of circles and similar triangles, we can calculate the radius of the circle.
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The value of for which the set and contains only one point in common is:
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Correct option: D
Option D ({-1}) is correct because the line must be tangent to the circle, and only c=-1 satisfies the condition that the line contains only one point in common with the circle.
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The equation of the tangents to the circle at the points whose abscissa is 2, are
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Correct option: A
Option A (2x + 3y = 13, 2x - 3y = 13) is correct because substituting x=2 into the circle equation gives y=3, and then using the tangent equation xx1 + yy1 = r2 yields the correct tangent lines.
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If the pole of a straight line with respect to the circle lies on the circle , then the straight line touches the circle
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the straight line touches the circle with radius a/3, derived from the condition that the pole lies on the circle .
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Let and , then the number of integral values of for which line segment subtends an acute angle at point is
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Correct option: C
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Option C (19) is correct because the point C(a, a+1) must lie outside the circle x2 + y2 = 4, leading to 19 integral values for 'a' within the given range.
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Equation of the circle on the common chord of the circles and as a diameter is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the circle with the common chord of the given circles as its diameter.
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represents a circle. The equation gives two identical solutions and the equation gives two distinct solutions , then the equation of the circle is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it satisfies the given conditions for S(x,2)=0 and S(1,y)=0.
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The tangents drawn from the origin to the circle are perpendicular if
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the tangents from the origin are perpendicular only when the circle touches both x and y axes, implying .
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The set of all values of for which the line bisects two distinct chords drawn from a point on the circle is equal to
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the condition for the line to bisect two distinct chords leads to the inequality .
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A variable chord is drawn through the origin to the circle . The locus of the centre of the circle drawn on this chord as diameter is
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Correct option: B
The correct answer is B () because it represents the locus of the center of the circle drawn on the chord as diameter.
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is a circle of radius 2 touching the and the . is another circle of radius and touching the axes as well as the circle . Then, the radius of is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the solution to the quadratic equation derived from the geometry of the two touching circles.
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To which of the following circles, the line is normal at the point ?
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Correct option: D
The correct answer is D. The line being normal to the circle implies it passes through the center. Only option D has a center that satisfies the normal's equation and the given point lying on the circle.
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In , equation of side is , also the circumcentre and orhtocentre are and respectively, then the equation of the circumcircle of is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the circumcircle of the triangle, found by using the reflection of the orthocenter in the line BC.
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The two adjacent sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are 2 and 5 and the angle between them is . If the area of the quadrilateral is , then the remaining two sides are
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Correct option: A
2,3
Option A (2, 3) is correct because these side lengths satisfy the area condition and the cyclic quadrilateral properties.
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Let be a point on the parabola such that the tangent at passes through the centre of the circle . Let be the product of all possible values of and be the product of all possible values of . Then the value of is equal to
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Correct option: D
65
Option D (65) is correct because it is the sum of the product of all possible values of 'a' and the product of all possible values of 'b', where (a, b) lies on the parabola and the tangent at that point passes through the center of the given circle.
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If is a centre of similitude for the circles and then the length of the common tangent through to the circles is
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Correct option: C
2
The correct answer is C (2) because the length of the common tangent is the sum of the lengths of the tangents from the center of similitude to each circle.
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If a circle passes through the point of intersection of the coordinates axes with the lines and , then the value of is
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Correct option: A
2
Option A (2) is correct because it is the value of lambda that satisfies the condition for the circle to pass through the intersection points, derived from the given lines using the property a1*a2 = b1*b2.
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If the two circles and intersect in two distinct points, then
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the range of values for r that allow the two circles to intersect at two distinct points, based on the distance between their centers and their radii.
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The equation of the circle whose centre is and which passes through the point , is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the equation of a circle with center (1,2) and passing through (4,6), derived from the distance formula and the standard circle equation.
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is a tangent to the circle for
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Correct option: C
two values of
Option C (two values of ) is correct because substituting the tangency condition into the equation yields a quadratic equation in 'a', resulting in two possible solutions.
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The tangent to the circle at the point cuts off a chord of length 4 from a circle whose centre is . The radius of is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the radius of circle C2 calculated using the distance from the center to the chord and half the chord length.
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If two tangents from point to the circle cuts -axis at and , then is equal to
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Correct option: C
Option C (-2) is correct because solving the equation with gives a quadratic equation whose sum of roots is -2.
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If two chords having lengths and , where is a constant of a circle bisect each other, then the radius of the circle is
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Correct option: B
The correct answer is B (15/2) because when two chords bisect each other, they are diameters, implying equal lengths, which allows solving for 'a' and then finding the radius.
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The locus of the centre of the circle which touches externally and also touches -axis, is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the locus of the center of the circle touching the given circle externally and the x-axis.
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Choose the incorrect statement about the two circles whose equations are given below and
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Correct option: B
Both circles centres lie inside region of one another
Option B (Both circles centres lie inside region of one another) is the incorrect statement because the centers of each circle lie on the circumference of the other, not inside.
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The farthest point on the circle from the origin is
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Correct option: B
Option B (1+4/sqrt(5), 2+8/sqrt(5)) is correct because it represents the point on the circle farthest from the origin, found by moving along the line connecting the origin and the circle's center.
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The locus of the point from where tangents are drawn to the circle and the product of the slopes of these tangents is 2, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the locus is found by using the equation of the tangent to the circle and the condition on the product of the slopes.
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If the line is tangent to the circle , then
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Correct option: A
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Option A (100) is correct because the perpendicular distance from the center of the circle to the tangent line equals the radius, which leads to .
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Let be the point and be any point on the curve . If the centre of the locus of the point , which divides the line segment in the ratio is the point , then the length of the line segment is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the distance between point A and the center of the locus of point P, calculated using the section formula and the equation of the circle.
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If the area of the quadrilateral by the tangent from the origin to the circle and the pair of radii at the points of contact of these tangents to the circle is 8 sq units, then is a root of the equation
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the area of the quadrilateral formed by the tangents and radii is used to derive a quadratic equation in terms of , and this option is the correct quadratic.
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