Circle and a Point

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Circle and a Point: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Interaction between Point and a Circle, Position of a Point with Respect To a Circle, Distance of a Point from a Circle, Greatest Distance of a Point from a Circle, Least Distance of a Point from a Circle, etc.

Important Questions on Circle and a Point

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1,22 is a point on circle x2+y2=9. Which of the following is a point on the circle at 2 units distance from 1,22?

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The maximum distance of any point on the circle x-72+y-2302=16 from the Centre of the ellipse 25x2+16y2=400 is 

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Find the greatest distance of the point P10, 7 from the circle x2+y2-4x-2y-20=0.

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The equation of the radical axis of the circles x2+y2+4x+6y-7=0 and 4x2+y2+8x+12y-9=0 is

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If the points 1,3 and (2,k) are conjugated with respect the circle x2+y2=35, then the value of k is

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If the point 1,4 lies inside the circle x2+y2-6x-10y+p=0 and the circle does not touch or intersect the coordinates axes, then

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If P(2,8) is an interior point of a circle x2+y2-2x+4y-p=0 which neither touches nor intersects the axes, then set for p is

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The point P+1, P, (where . denotes the greatest integer function) lying inside the region bounded by the circle x2+y2-2x-15=0 and x2+y2-2x-7=0, then :

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If the point m,1 lies in the smaller region enclosed by x2+y2-3x+1=0 and 2x-y=2 and λ=m, then the value of 1λ is equal to (where . represents greatest integer function)

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From the point A0,3 on the circle x2+9x+y-32=0, a chord AB is drawn and extended to a point M, such that AM=2AB ( B lies between A & M). Then, the locus of the point M is

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If the minimum distance between the curves y=cos-1x2-4x+5sin-11-xcot-1cos-13-x & x-82+y-π2=1 is equal to α, then the value of 25α is :

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If a chord of the circle x2+y2=8 makes equal intercepts of length a on the coordinate axes and the range of values of |a| is (0, k), then find [k], where [] represents the greatest integer function.

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If the points A:0,a, B:-2,0 and C:1,1 form an obtuse angle triangle (obtuse angled at angle A), then sum of all the possible integral values of a is

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If M and m are the maximum and minimum values of yx for pair of real numbers x,y which satisfy the equation x-32+y-32=6, then the value of 1M+1m is

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The point at which the line segment joining A1,1 and B5,5 subtends an obtuse angle is

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From the point A0,3 on the circle x2+9x+y-32=0, a chord AB is drawn and extended to a point M such that AM=2AB ( B lies between A & M). The locus of the point M is

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Let a,β be an ordered pair of real numbers satisfying the equation x2-4x+y2+3=0. If the maximum and minimum values of a2+β2 are l and s respectively, then the value of 2l-sl+s is equal to

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Let the points A:0,a, B:-2,0 and C:1,1 form an obtuse angled triangle (obtuse angled at angle A), then the complete set of values of a is

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The value of a such that the power of the point 1, 6 with respect to the circle x2+y2+4x-6y-a=0 is -16 is

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The sum of the minimum and maximum distances of the point (4, -3) to the circle x2+y2+4x-10y-7=0 is