Pair of Tangents, Chord of Contact and Chord with Midpoint of a Circle
Pair of Tangents, Chord of Contact and Chord with Midpoint of a Circle: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Angle Subtended by a Circle at a Point, Chord of Contact to a Circle, Circumcircle of the Triangle Formed by Pair of Tangents and Its Chord of Contact & Equations of Tangents from an External Point to a Circle etc.
Important Questions on Pair of Tangents, Chord of Contact and Chord with Midpoint of a Circle
The angle between the tangents drawn from origin to the circle is equal to____.

The equation of circle such that the length of the tangent to it from the points and are respectively, is

Let be the equation of a pair of tangents drawn from the origin 'O' to a circle of radius 3 with centre in the first quadrant. If A is one of the points of contact, find the length of OA.

Consider a circle S with centre at the origin and radius . Four circles and each with radius unity and centres and respectively are drawn. chord of the circle touches the circle and passes through the centre of the circle . If the length of this chord can be expresses as , find .

The area of the triangle formed by the tangents from the point to the circle and the line joining their points of contact is

From the origin chords are drawn to the circle . The equation of the locus of the midpoints of these chords is

Let be a circle. A pair of tangents from the point with a pair of radii form a quadrilateral of the area:

is a circle to which tangents are drawn from the point which form a quadrilateral with a pair of radii. The area of this quadrilateral in square units is ___________.

The points at which two circles with unequal radii subtend equal angles lies on

Let be the centre of the circle and and are points on the circle then, if tangents be drawn at and , which meet at , then area of quadrilateral is

If is a point such that the ratio of the squares of the lengths of the tangents from to the circles and is , then the locus of is a circle with centre

The distance between the chords of contact of tangents to the circle from the origin and the point is :

Find the equation of the chord of the circle , whose middle point is .

The locus of the mid points of the chords of the circle passing through the origin is

and are tangents on the circle, as shown in figure. If , and , then value of is

If and are the point of contact of pair of tangents drawn from on the circle , then the circumradius of (where being origin) is

Let be a circle with diameter and centre . Let be the tangent to at . For each point on different from , consider the tangent at and let interest at Draw a line parallel to through intersecting at The locus of as varies over is

If is a point such that the lengths of the tangents from it to the circles and are in the ratio , then the locus of is

If the lengths of the tangents drawn from to the circles and are in the ratio , then the locus of is

If the chord of contact of tangents from a point to a given circle passes through , then the circle with as a diameter will
