Interaction between Two Circles

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Interaction between Two Circles: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Finding Equation of Common Tangents to Two Circles, Longest Common Chord of Two Circles, Circles Touches Each Other Externally, Length of Direct Common Tangent to Two Circles, 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 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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The number of common tangents, to the circles x2+y2-18x-15y+131=0 and x2+y2-6x-6y-7=0, is 

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Consider the circles x2+y2-13x-15y+13=0 and x2+y2-6x-6y-7=0 then number of common tangents are:

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The incentre of the triangle formed by common tangents of circles x2+y2-8x=0 and x2+y2+2x=0

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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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Two circles of radii 8 and 4 touch each other externally at a point A. A point B is taken on larger circle through which a straight line is drawn touching the smaller circle at C. If AB=6, find BC.

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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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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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The image of the point 3,4 with respect to the radical axis of the circles x2+y2+8x+2y+10=0 and x2+y2+7x+3y+10=0 is

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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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Consider three circles :

C1:x2+y2=r2

C2:x-12+y-12=r2

C3:x-22+y-12=r2

If a line L:y=mx+c be a common tangent to C1,C2 and C3 such that C1 and C3 lie on one side of line L while C2 lies on other side, then the value of 20r2+c is equal to 

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The circles S=0 cuts the circles C1=x2+y2-8x-2y+16=0 and C2=x2+y2-4x-4y-1=0 orthogonally. If the common chord of S=0 and C1=0 is 2x+13y-15=0 then the centre of S=0 is