Interaction Between Two Circles

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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

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Two circles touch each other internally. The radii of these circles are 2 cm  and 3 cm respectively. Find the length of the largest chord of the outer circle which touches the internal circle at a point?

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The centres of two circles C1 and C2 each of unit radius are at a distance of 6 units from each other. Let P be the midpoint of the line segment joining the centres of C1 and C2 and C be a circle touching circles C1 and C2 externally. If a common tangent to C1 and C passing through P is also a common tangent to C2 and C, then the radius (in units) of the circle C is 

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The radius of the circle, having centre at (2, 1), whose one of the chord is a diameter of the circle x 2 + y 2 - 2 x - 6 y + 6 = 0

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If the circle  C1:x2+y2=16 intersects another circle C 2 of radius 5 in such a manner that the common chord is of maximum length and has a slope equal to   3 4 , then the coordinates of the centre of C 2 are

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If the common chord of the circles x2+y2+4y=0 and x2+y2-4x-5=0 is the diameter of the circle S=0 then the abscissa of the centre of the circle S=0 is

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If the circles C1:x2+y2+2x+4y-20=0, C2:x2+y2+6x-8y+9=0 have n common tangents and the length of the tangent drawn from the centre of similitude to the circle C2 is l then ln2=

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If 0,34 is the radical centre of the circles Sx2+y2+αx+6y=0,S'x2+y2+2αx+αy+6=0 and S"x2+y2+6αx-αy+3=0 then the distance between the radical centre and the centre of the circle S'=0 is

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If θ is the angle between the circles x2+y2-2x-4y-4=0 and x2+y2-8x-12y+43=0 then 7secθ-18cosθ=

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The equation of the transverse common tangent of the circles x2+y2-6x-8y+9=0 and x2+y2+2x-2y+1=0 is

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Equation of the straight line meeting the circle with centre at origin and radius equal to 5 in two points at equal distances of 3 units from the point A3, 4 is

 

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If the circles x2+y2=9 and x2+y2+2αx+2y+1=0 touch each other internally, then α is equal to

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The number of common tangents to the circles x2+y2+2x+8y-23=0 and x2+y2-4x-10y+9=0, are

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If the radical centre of the following circles: x2+y2+4x-7=0, 2x2+2y2+3x+5y-9=0, x2+y2+y=0 is a,b then find the value of a+b.

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The equation of the common chord of the pair of circles: (x-a)2+(y-b)2=c2, and (x-b)2+(y-a)2=c2(ab) is

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The equation of the radical axis of the circles: x2+y2+2x+4y+1=0 and x2+y2+4x+y=0 is

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The equation of the radical axis of the circles: x2+y2-3x-4y+5=0, and 3x2+y2-7x+8y-11=0 is

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The equation of the circle which cuts orthogonally the circle x2+y2-4x+2y-7=0 and having the centre at (2,3) is

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The equation of the circle which passes through the points (2,0),(0,2) and orthogonal to the circle 2x2+2y2+5x-6y+4=0 is

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The equation of the circle passing through the origin, having its centre on the line x+y=4 and intersecting the circle x2+y2-4x+2y+4=0 orthogonally is

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The equation of the circle which passes through the origin and intersects the circles, x2+y2-4x-6y-3=0, and x2+y2-8y+12=0 orthogonally is