System of Circles
System of Circles: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Family of Circles, Family of Circles Passing through Points of intersection of a Line and a Circle, Family of Concentric Circles & Coaxial System of Circles etc.
Important Questions on System of Circles
The locus of the centers of the circles that are passing through the intersection of the circles and is

Find the equation of a circle which passes through the point and the points of intersection of the circles and

The circle described on the chord of the circle as diameter passes through the origin if

If is the equation of the chord of the circle , then the equation of the circle having as diameter is

Center of the circle which passes through the point and touches the circle at the point will be

The locus of the centres of the circles which cut the circles and orthogonally is -

The point , (where, denotes the greatest integer function) inside the region bounded by the circle and , then

The radius of the circle touching the pair of lines and the circle and is contained in the given circle is

If one common tangent of the two circles and passes through the point , then possible value of is

For different values of the circle passes through two fixed points and . Value of for which tangents at and to the circle intersect at origin, is

The circle always passes through two fixed point for every real . If the minimum value of the radius of the circle is , then the value of is

A circle touches the line at and cuts the circle at and respectively. The always passes through the point

Consider a family of circle passing through the point of intersection of lines and and having its centre on the acute angle bisector of the given lines. Then the common chords of each member of the family and the circle are concurrent at the point

Locus of a variable point is given by where . The equation of circle touching the locus of at and passing through is given by

A variable circle always touches the line at and cuts the circle at and . If the line joining always passes through fixed point then is equal to

Three circle touches one another externally. The radius of circles are three consecutive integers. The tangent at their point of contact meet at a point whose distance from a point of contact is If the ratio of radius of largest to smallest circle is , then find

The radius of the circle touching the line at and intersecting orthogonally is

If first circle is passing through the point which touches the second circle externally at the point then the radius of first circle is:

If the diameter of first circle is the common chord for other circles having equation and , then find the equation of first circle

Choose the correct relation between the two circles having equations as and .
