The Elements of COORDINATE GEOMETRY Part 1 Cartesian Coordinates>Chapter 6 - The Circle>EXAMPLES XVIII>Q 22

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A circle passes through the points $(- 1, 1), (0, 6)$ and $(5, 5)$ . Find the points on this circle the tangents at which are parallel to the straight line joining the origin to its center.

Important Questions on The Circle

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The Elements of COORDINATE GEOMETRY Part 1 Cartesian Coordinates>Chapter 6 - The Circle>EXAMPLES XIX>Q 11

Tangents are drawn to the circle

x^{2} + y^{2} = 12

at the points where it is met by the circle

x^{2} + y^{2} - 5 x + 3 y - 2 = 0

. Find the point of intersection of these tangents.

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The Elements of COORDINATE GEOMETRY Part 1 Cartesian Coordinates>Chapter 6 - The Circle>EXAMPLES XIX>Q 14

Find the condition that the chord of contact of tangents from the point

(x^{'}, y^{'})

, to the circle

x^{2} + y^{2} = a^{2}

, should subtend a right angle at the center.

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The Elements of COORDINATE GEOMETRY Part 1 Cartesian Coordinates>Chapter 6 - The Circle>EXAMPLES XIX>Q 17

Tangents are drawn from the point

(h, k)

to the circle

x^{2} + y^{2} = a^{2}

. Prove that the area of the triangle formed by them, and the straight line joining their points of contact is

\frac{a {(h^{2} + k^{2} - a^{2})}^{\frac{3}{2}}}{h^{2} + k^{2}}

. Find the lengths of the tangents drawn.

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The Elements of COORDINATE GEOMETRY Part 1 Cartesian Coordinates>Chapter 6 - The Circle>EXAMPLES XIX>Q 18

Find the length of tangent to the circle

2 x^{2} + 2 y^{2} = 3

from the point

(- 2, 3)

.

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The Elements of COORDINATE GEOMETRY Part 1 Cartesian Coordinates>Chapter 6 - The Circle>EXAMPLES XIX>Q 19

Find the length of the tangents drawn to the circle

3 x^{2} + 3 y^{2} - 7 x - 6 y = 12

from the point

(6, - 7)

.

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The Elements of COORDINATE GEOMETRY Part 1 Cartesian Coordinates>Chapter 6 - The Circle>EXAMPLES XIX>Q 20

Find the length of tangents drawn to the circle

x^{2} + y^{2} + 2 b x - 3 b^{2} = 0

from the point

(a + b, a - b)

.

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The Elements of COORDINATE GEOMETRY Part 1 Cartesian Coordinates>Chapter 6 - The Circle>EXAMPLES XIX>Q 21

Given the three circles, $x^{2} + y^{2} - 16 x + 60 = 0, 3 x^{2} + 3 y^{2} - 36 x + 81 = 0$ and, $x^{2} + y^{2} - 16 x - 12 y + 84 = 0$ .

Find $(1)$ , the point from which the tangents to them are equal in length and $(2)$ , this length.

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The Elements of COORDINATE GEOMETRY Part 1 Cartesian Coordinates>Chapter 6 - The Circle>EXAMPLES XIX>Q 21

Given the three circles $x^{2} + y^{2} - 16 x + 60 = 0, 3 x^{2} + 3 y^{2} - 36 x + 81 = 0$ and $x^{2} + y^{2} - 16 x - 12 y + 84 = 0$ . Find the point from which tangents to them are equal in length, and this length.