Interaction between Two Conics

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Interaction between Two Conics: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Interaction between Circle and Parabola, Intersection of a Parabola with a Circle, Common Tangent to a Circle and a Parabola, Common Normal to a Circle and a Parabola, Family of Circles Touching a Parabola, etc.

Important Questions on Interaction between Two Conics

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The equation of a common tangent between two curves 4x+y2=0 and y-12=4x-1 is

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The shortest distance between a parabola y2-8x+16=0 and the director circle of the circle x2+y2=2 is 

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A circle described on the latus rectum of the parabola y2=4x as a diameter meets the axis at

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The equation of a common tangent to the curves y2=4x and x2+2y2=2 is

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Let P and Q be distinct points on the parabola y2=2x  such that a circle with PQ as diameter passes through the vertex O of the parabola. If P lies in the first quadrant and the area of the triangle ΔOPQ is 32,  then the coordinates of P can be

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A circle passes through the points of intersection of the parabola y+1=(x-4)2 and x-axis. Then the length of tangent from origin to the circle is

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Two distinct parabolas have the same focus and co-ordinate axes as their directrices respectively, then slope of their common chords are

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If a circle is given by the equation x2+y2+2λx=0, λR, which touches the parabola y2=4x externally. Then, 

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Let A be a circle x2+y2=16 and B be a parabola y2=4x . Then the number of points with integral co-ordinates that lie in the interior of the region common to both A and B is

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If two parabolas y2=4axk and x2=4ayk have only one common point P, then the equation of normal to y2=4axk at P is

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The shortest distance between the circle x2+y2=8 and the curve 2x-32+y+32=x-y-22 is

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The common tangent of the parabolas y2=4x and x2=-8y is

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The points of intersection of the parabolas y2=5x and x2=5y lie on the line

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A circle of radius 4, drawn on a chord of the parabola y2=8x as diameter, touches the axis of the parabola. Then, the slope of the chord is

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The coordinates of the point on the parabola y2=8x , which is at minimum distance from the circle x2 + y + 62=1 are-

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The shortest distance between the parabolas y2=4x and y2=2x-6 is

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The shortest distance between the parabolas y2=4x and y2=2x-6 is

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Parabolas y-α2=4ax-β and yα2=4a'xβ' will have a common normal (other than the normal passing through vertex of the parabola) if 

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The circle x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 cuts the parabola x2=4ay at points xi,yi, i=1, 2, 3, 4, then

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The parabola y2=8x and the circle x2+y2=2