Circle

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Circle: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Circle, Equation of Circle, Position of a Point with Respect To a Circle and, Equation of Circle in Center-radius Form

Important Questions on Circle

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A stick of length r units slides with its ends on coordinate axes. Then, the locus of the mid-point of the stick is a curve whose length is

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Find the equation of the circle which cutting orthogonally to the circle x2+y2-4x+2y-7=0 having centre (2,3).

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The acute angle between the line 3x-4y=5 and the circle x2+y2-4x+2y-4=0 is θ, then find the value of sinθ.

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What is radical axis ?

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What is the director circle?

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The line x+y=22 touches the circle x2+y2=4 at:

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The four distinct points (0,0),(2,0),(0,2) and (k,2) are con-cyclic if k=

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The abscissae and ordinates of the endpoints A and B of a focal chord of the parabola y2=4x are respectively, the roots of equations x23x+a=0 and y2+6y+b=0. The find the equation of the circle with AB as diameter.

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The length of the chord cut by 4y=3x+1 on the circle x2+y2-6x=0

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Find the points on the circle x2+y2-2x+4y-20=0 which are the farthest and nearest to the point (5,6) 

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Find the radius of the circle ax2+by2+(a+b-4)xy-ax-by-20=0

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Prove that the centre of three circles x2+y2+2x+6y+1=0, x2+y2-12y-9=0, x2+y2=25 lies on the same straight line. What is the equation of this line?

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Find the equation of a circle passing through 2,-2 and 3,4 whose centre lies on the line x+y=2.

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Find coordinates of centre of a circle and its radius, x2+y2-6x+8y=0

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1. Two given circles x2+y2+ax+by+c=0 & x2+y2+dx+ey+f=0 will intersect each other orthogonally when

   a. a+b+c=d+e+f                           b. ad+be=c+fc. ad+be=2c+2f                               d. 2ad+2be=c+f

2. If the angle between the circles x2+y2-4x-6y+k=0 & x2+y2+8x-4y+11=0 is π3, then the value of k is

      a. -3            b. 36               c.3               d.2

3. The angle at which the circles x2+y2+8x-2y-9=0, x2+y2-2x+8y-7=0 intersect is 

      a. obtuse     b. π6            c. π3             d. π2

4. The angle between the circles x2+y2=a2, x2+y2=ax+ay is 

          a. π4          b. 3π4              c. π2               d. π3

5. Find k, if the pair of circles x2+y2-5x-14y-34=0, x2+y2+2x+4y+k=0 are othogonal

       a. -1          b. 1            c. 2            d. -2

 

 

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The circle x-h2+y-k2=r2 touches x-axis at 1,0. Also the chord x+y=0 of the circle has length '2', then h+k+r=?

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Find the equation of the circle which passes through the points 2, -2, and 3, 4 and whose centre lies on the line x+y=2.

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Find the centre and the radius of the circle x2+y2+8x+10y-8=0

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Find the equation of the circle with centre -3, 2 and radius 4.

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Find an equation of the circle with centre at 0, 0 and radius r.