Basics of Circle

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Basics of Circle: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Circle, Equation of Circle, Equation of Circle in General Form, Equation of Circle in Center-radius Form, Equation of Circle in Diameter Form, Equation of Circle in Parametric Form, etc.

Important Questions on Basics of Circle

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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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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 A and B are fixed points in the plane such that PA PB =k  (constant) for all P on a given circle, then the value of k cannot be equal to:

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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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Let A be the point 1,2 and B be any point on the curve x2+y2=16. If the centre of the locus of the point P, which divides the line segment A B in the ratio 3:2 is the point Cα,β, then the length of the line segment AC is

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A line segment AB of length λ moves such that the points A and B remain on the periphery of a circle of radius λ. Then the locus of the point, that divides the line segment AB in the ratio 2:3, is a circle of radius

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Let O be the origin and OP and OQ be the tangents to the circle x2+y2-6x+4y+8=0 at the points P and Q on it. If the circumcircle of the triangle OPQ passes through the point α,12, then a value of α is

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Two circles having radius r1 & r2 touch both the coordinate axes, if line x+y=2 makes the intercept 2 on both the circles then the value of r12+r22-r1r2 will be 

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From O0,0 two tangents OA and OB are drawn to a circle x2+y2-6x+4y+8=0 then the equation of circumircle of OAB is

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Four distinct points a,1a, b,1b, c,1c and d,1d lie on a circle where a,b,c,d0, then the value of abcd=

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The equation of circle with radius 3 and centre as the point of intersection of the lines 2x+3y=52x-y=1 is

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Centre and radius of the circle with segment of the line x+y=1 cut off by coordinate axes as diameter is

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If the circle x2+y2+2x-4y-k=0 is mid-way between the circles x2+y2+2x-4y-4=0 and x2+y2+2x-4y-20=0, then k=

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If two circles x2+y2+2gx+c=0 and x2+y2-2fy-c=0 have equal radius, then locus of g,f is

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The equation of the circle with x+y-5=0 and x-2y-2=0 as diameters and having 3x+4y-1=0 as tangent is

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The circle touches the Y-axis at the point 0,4 and cuts the X-axis in a chord of length 6 units. The radius of the circle is

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

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If the circle x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 touches x-axis then