General Equation of a Circle

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General Equation of a Circle: Overview

This topic covers the concept of Equation of Circle in General Form.

Important Questions on General Equation of a Circle

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

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A rectangle ABCD is inscribed in the circle x2+y2+3x+12y+2=0. If the co-ordinates of A and B are 3,-2 & -2,0, then the other two vertices of the rectangle are:

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Let a circle represented as fx,y=0. If fk,0 has repeated roots as k=1,1 and f0,k has roots as k=12, 2 and centre of the circle is given by m,n, then 4m+n=

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A circle passes through the points 1,2,3,4. If its centre lies on the line x-y+3=0, then its radius is equal to

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A circle has its centre in the first quadrant and passes through 2,3. If this circle makes intercepts of length 3 and 4 respectively on x=2 and y=3, its equation is

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If the radius of the circle x2+y2+ax+by+3=0 is 2, then the point a,b lies on the circle

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Let fx, y=0 be the equation of circle. If f0, λ=0 has equal roots λ=1, 1 and fλ, 0=0 has roots λ=15, 5, then the radius of the circle is

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The equation of a circle with centre at 2,2 and passes through the point 4,5 is

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The equation of a circle with center at -2, 3 and circumference of 4π units is

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The radius of a circle whose centre is (2, 1) and one of the chords is a diameter of the circle x2+y2-2x-6y+6=0, is ___________ units.

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

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On what condition the equation ax2+by2+2hxy+2gx+2fy+c=0 may represent a circle?

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Show that the locus of a point, such that the ratio of its distances from two given points is constant (1), is a circle. Hence show that the circle cannot pass through the given points.

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Find the values of m for which the family of the lines y=mx+2,

(a) may interesect the circle S=0 in two distinct points,

(b) may touch the circle S=0, and

(c) does not meet the circle S=0 where S=x2+y2+3x+3y-8

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On the circle 16x2+16y2+48x-8y=43, find the point P nearest to the line 8x-4y+73=0 and calculate the distance between the point P and the line 8x-4y+73=0