Interaction Between Two Circles
Interaction Between Two Circles: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Interaction between Two Circles, Relative Positions of Two Circles, Radical Centre of Three Circles & Centre of Similitude of Circle etc.
Important Questions on Interaction Between Two Circles
Two circles touch each other internally. The radii of these circles are and respectively. Find the length of the largest chord of the outer circle which touches the internal circle at a point?

The centres of two circles and each of unit radius are at a distance of units from each other. Let be the midpoint of the line segment joining the centres of and and be a circle touching circles and externally. If a common tangent to and passing through is also a common tangent to and , then the radius (in units) of the circle is

The radius of the circle, having centre at (2, 1), whose one of the chord is a diameter of the circle

If the circle intersects another circle of radius in such a manner that the common chord is of maximum length and has a slope equal to , then the coordinates of the centre of are

If the common chord of the circles and is the diameter of the circle then the abscissa of the centre of the circle is

If the circles have common tangents and the length of the tangent drawn from the centre of similitude to the circle is then

If is the radical centre of the circles and then the distance between the radical centre and the centre of the circle is

If is the angle between the circles and then

The equation of the transverse common tangent of the circles and is

Equation of the straight line meeting the circle with centre at origin and radius equal to in two points at equal distances of units from the point is

If the circles and touch each other internally, then is equal to

The number of common tangents to the circles and , are

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

The equation of the common chord of the pair of circles: and is

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
