Chord of Contact to a Circle
Chord of Contact to a Circle: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Chord of Contact to a Circle & Length of Chord of Contact etc.
Important Questions on Chord of Contact to a Circle
Consider a circle S with centre at the origin and radius . Four circles and each with radius unity and centres and respectively are drawn. chord of the circle touches the circle and passes through the centre of the circle . If the length of this chord can be expresses as , find .

Let be any point on the circle and be its centre. Let be the chord of contact of with respect to the circle . Then the locus of the circumcentre of the triangle is

The distance between the chords of contact of tangents to the circle from the origin and the point is :

If the chord of contact of tangents from a point to a given circle passes through , then the circle with as a diameter will

Let be the chord of contact of the point w.r.t the circle then the locus of the orthocentre of where is any point moving on the circle is

If represents the point through which the chord of contact of pair of tangent for the circle always passes, when it is given that the pair of tangent is drawn from any point on the line , then the value of is

If the tangents are drawn from any point on the line to the circle , then the chord of contact always passes through a fixed point. Find that point

If the pair of tangents are drawn from to the circle meets the circle in and , then length of is

If tangent at to the circle intersects the circle at and tangents at to the second circle meet at point , then the co-ordinates of is

The distance between the chords of contact of tangents to the circle, from the origin and the point is:

The chords of contact of the pair of tangents drawn from each point on the line to circle pass through the fixed point:

Locus of the mid points of the chord of ellipse , so that chord is always touching the circle , is

The condition that the chord of may subtend a right angle at the centre of circle, is

A tangent at a point on the circle x2 + y2 = a2 intersects a concentric circle C at two points P and Q. The tangents to the circle C at P and Q meet at a point on the circle x2 + y2 = b2 then the equation of circle 'C' is :

If two chords of the circle , drawn from the point is divided by the axis in the ratio then :

The distance between the chords of contact of tangents to the circle from the origin and the point is :
