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, Properties of Radical Axis of Two Circles & Radical Centre of Three Circles etc.

Important Questions on Interaction Between Two Circles

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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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The area of the triangle formed by the positive x-axis, the normal and the tangent to the circle x2+y2=4at(1,3).

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Let C1 be the circle of radius 1 with center at the origin. Let C2 be the circle of radius r with center at the point A=(4,1), where 1<r<3. Two distinct common tangents PQ and ST of C1 and C2 are drawn. The tangent PQ touches C1 at P and C2 at Q. The tangent ST touches C1 at S and C2 at T. Midpoints of the line segments PQ and ST are joined to form a line which meets the x-axis at a point B. If AB=5, then the value of r2 is

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Consider two circles C1:x-12+y-42-16=0 and C2:x-132+y-92-81=0. If a circle of radius r touches x-axis and C1 and C2 externally, then r is equal to

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In the figure given below with centre O, and another circle with centre at the mid-point B of the radius OA and passing through O. A small circle is drawn as shown, tangent to both the larger circles such that its centre N is directly above B(that is BNAB). If the perimeter of the triangle NBA is 8 cm, find the value in cm, of the radius of the small circle.

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Three circles C3, C2, C1 of radius 3, 6, 9 respectively touch as shown in figure. A chord AB to circle C1 touch circle C2 & C3.

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The length of chord AB is α14 and length of common tangent PQ is β2, then number of divisors of 3β-1-2α-1 is

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If the circles ax2+ay2+2bx+2cy=0 and Ax2+Ay2+2Bx+2Cy=0 touch each other then

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Let G be a circle of radius R>0. Let G1,G2,,Gn be n circles of equal radius r>0. Suppose each of the n circles G1,G2,,Gn touches the circle G externally. Also, for i=1,2,,n-1, the circle Gi touches Gi+1 externally, and Gn touches G1 externally. Then, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

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Let ABC be the triangle with AB=1,AC=3 and BAC=π2. If a circle of radius r>0 touches the sides AB,AC and also touches internally the circumcircle of the triangle ABC, then the value of r is ______.

(If the numerical value has more than two decimal places, truncate/round-off the value to TWO decimal places)

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Which of the following statements is true about circle x2+y2+2x=0 and x2+y2-6x=0

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Circle with centres O and P have radii 2 and 4 units respectively, and are externally tangent. Points A and B are on the circle centred at O, and points C and D are on the circle centred at P, such that AD¯ and BC¯ are common external tangents to the circles. What is the area of hexagon AOBCPD?

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The centres of the three circles A, B, and C are collinear with the centre of circle B lying between the centres of circle A and C. Circles A and C both touch externally to circle B and the three circles share a common tangent line. Given that circle A has radius 12 and circle B has radius 42 then the radius of circle C is equal to

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The common tangents to the circles x2+y2+6x=0 and x2+y2-2x=0 forms a triangle with centroid G, circum-centre S and in-centre I. Then

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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 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