Interaction Between Two Circles
Interaction Between Two Circles: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Interaction between Two Circles, Relative Positions of Two Circles, Properties of Radical Axis of Two Circles & Radical Centre of Three Circles etc.
Important Questions on Interaction Between Two Circles
The radius of the circle, having centre at (2, 1), whose one of the chord is a diameter of the circle

The area of the triangle formed by the positive -axis, the normal and the tangent to the circle .

Let be the circle of radius with center at the origin. Let be the circle of radius with center at the point , where . Two distinct common tangents and of and are drawn. The tangent touches at and at . The tangent touches at and at . Midpoints of the line segments and are joined to form a line which meets the -axis at a point . If , then the value of is

Consider two circles and . If a circle of radius touches axis and and externally, then is equal to

In the figure given below with centre , and another circle with centre at the mid-point of the radius and passing through . A small circle is drawn as shown, tangent to both the larger circles such that its centre is directly above (that is ). If the perimeter of the triangle is cm, find the value in , of the radius of the small circle.

Three circles of radius respectively touch as shown in figure. A chord to circle touch circle .
The length of chord is and length of common tangent is , then number of divisors of is

If the circles and touch each other then

Let be a circle of radius . Let be circles of equal radius . Suppose each of the circles touches the circle externally. Also, for , the circle touches externally, and touches externally. Then, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Let be the triangle with and . If a circle of radius touches the sides and also touches internally the circumcircle of the triangle , then the value of is ______.
(If the numerical value has more than two decimal places, truncate/round-off the value to TWO decimal places)

Which of the following statements is true about circle and

Circle with centres and have radii and units respectively, and are externally tangent. Points and are on the circle centred at and points and are on the circle centred at such that and are common external tangents to the circles. What is the area of hexagon ?

The centres of the three circles and are collinear with the centre of circle lying between the centres of circle and . Circles and both touch externally to circle and the three circles share a common tangent line. Given that circle has radius and circle has radius then the radius of circle is equal to

The common tangents to the circles and forms a triangle with centroid , circum-centre and in-centre . Then

If the radical centre of the following circles: is then find the value of .

The equation of the radical axis of the circles: and is

The equation of the radical axis of the circles: and is

The equation of the circle which cuts orthogonally the circle and having the centre at is

The equation of the circle which passes through the points and orthogonal to the circle is

The equation of the circle passing through the origin, having its centre on the line and intersecting the circle orthogonally is

The equation of the circle which passes through the origin and intersects the circles, and orthogonally is
