Circles and its Equations

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Circles and its Equations: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Circle, Equation of Circle, Equation of Circle in General Form, Equation of Circle in Diameter Form, Equation of Circle in Center-radius Form, Equation of Circle Touching x-axis, Centre of Similitude of Circle, etc.

Important Questions on Circles and its Equations

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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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Tangents drawn from the point P(1, 8) to the circle 

x2+y2-6x-4y-11=0

touch the circle at the points A and B. The equation of the circumcircle of the triangle PAB is

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Extremities of a diagonal of a rectangle are 0, 0 and 4, 3. Find the equation of the tangents to the circumcircle of a rectangle which are parallel to this diagonal.

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The circle Cx2+y2+kx+1+ky-k+1=0 passes through two fixed points for every real number K. The minimum value of the radius of circle C is

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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 a circle passes through the points of intersection of the coordinate axes with the lines   λxy+1=0andx2y+3=0 , then the value of   λ is:

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If two diameters of a circle of circumference 10π lie along the lines 2x+3y+1=0 and 3x-y-4=0, then the equation of circle is

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If (4, 7) and (-2, -1) are ends of a diameter of a circle which intersects X-axis at A and B, then AB is equal to _________

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The equation of a circle with centre on y-axis and passing through the origin and the point (3, 4) is

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The number of integer values of k for which the equation x2+y2+k-1x-ky+5=0 represents a circle whose radius cannot exceed 3, is

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Let C be the circle whose diameter is the line segment formed by the line 3x+2y=6 intercepted by the coordinate axes. Then C also passes through the point.

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Consider a family of circles which are passing through the point -1,1 and are tangent to  x-axis. If h,k are the coordinate of the centre of the circles, then the set of values of k is given by the interval

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1,22 is a point on circle x2+y2=9. Which of the following is a point on the circle at 2 units distance from 1,22?

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If the abscissa and ordinates of two points P and Q are roots of the equations x2+2ax-b2=0 and y2+2py-q2=0 respectivaly, then the equation of the circle with PQ as diameter, is

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The other end of the diameter through the point -1, 1 on the circle x2+y2-6x+4y-12=0 is

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The area of the circle x2-2x+y2-10y+k=0 is 25π. The value of k is equal to

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Centre of circle whose normals are x2-2xy-3x+6y=0, is

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Let A1,2, B3,4 be two points and Cx,y be a point such that area of ABC is 3 sq. units and x-1x-3+y-2y-4=0. Then number of positions of C, in the xy plane, is 

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The equation of the circle concentric with the circle x2+y2-6x-4y-12=0 and touching Y-axis

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If the circles x2+y2=9 and x2+y2+2αx+2y+1=0 touch each other internally, then α is equal to