STRAIGHT LINES & CIRCLES

ASSIGNMENT -3 (DATE:- 15.04.2020)

SINGLE CORRECT

14 M is the mid point of side AB of equilateral triangle ABC. P is a point on BC such that
AP
+ PM is minimum. If AB = 20 then AP + PM is
A) 10 7 B) 10 3 C) 10 5 D) 10

Let the point A be (1, 1) and equation of BC is (

25 x + y - 1) + l ( 2x - y + 7) = 0 (l Î R)
.
2
a
If the maximum area of D ABC is a, then the value of 13 is equal to………….(Given
length of BC = 2 units)
B)4 C)1 D)3
A)6

36

4. The radius of the largest circle passing through the points  1,1 and  2, 2  and always in
the first quadrant is
A)1 B) 3/2 C) 5/2 D) 3

If Q, S are two points on the circle x  y  4 such that the tangents QP, SR are
2 2
5.

2 2
 QT   ST 
     PQ.RS 
parallel. If PS, QR intersect at T, on the circle then  PQ   RS 

A) 5 B) 10 C) 16 D) 17
 Two circles are given as x  y  14 x  6 y  40  0 and x  y  2 x  6 y  7  0 with their
2 2 2 2
6.

centres as C1 and C2 . If equation of another circle whose centre C3 lies on the line
3x  4 y  16  0 and touches the circle C1 externally and also C1C2  C2C3  C3C1 is

minimum, is x  y  ax  by  c  0 then the value of  a  b  c  is

2 2

(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 16 (D) None of these

MULTY CORRECT
7 Consider the straight line L  2 x  y  1  0 , then which of the following is true?
A) If ( a1 , b1 ) , ( a2 , b2 ) are two points on the line L  0 which are at a distance of ' 5 '
units from a point   then a1a2  b1b2  2
P 2,3

B) The distance from a point  4, 3 to the line L  0 measured along a line making
Tan 1 3 with the positive direction of positive X-axis is 10 10 units
C) The area of the triangle formed by a line passing through (1,-2) and perpendicular
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to L  0 with coordinate axes is 2 sq units
D) If P,Q are reflections of the points  4, 1  6, 3 respectively with respect to the line
L  0 then PQ  3 2
8 ABC is right angled at A. There are two points D, E on BC such that BD = DE = EC. It
is given that AD = sinx and AE = cosx (0º< x <90º) then which is/are correct
1
BD 
A) 5
1
B) If G is centroid then AG = 5
9
C) If AB = AC then area of triangle is 10 sq.units
9
D) Area of circumcircle of triangle is 20 sq.units

9
If the chord y  mx  1 of the circle x  y  1 subtends an angle
2 2

0
measure 45 at the major segment of the circle, then the value of ‘m’ can
be
A) 2 B) 1 C) -1 D) none of these
10 With respect to a variable point on the line x + y = 2a, chord of contact of
Thecirclex2 + y2 = a2 is drawn. If it passes through a fixed point F, then.
a a
 , 
A) F is  2 2 
B) Chord of circle with F is mid point is parallel to x + y = 2a
 C) Chord of circle with F is mid point is perpendicular to x – y = 2a
a
D) Length of chord whose mid point F is 2.

11 P  1,1
is a point on a circle x  y  2 .If P travels on the circle and reaches Q such
2 2

1
arc PQ   circumference of the circle  is
that 12 ,then the coordinates of Q are
 3 1 3 1   3 3 3 3 
 ,   , 
 2 2   2 2 
A) B)
 3  1 3 1   3 3 3 3 
 ,   , 
 2 2   2 2 
C) D)
12
Let RS be the diameter of the circle x  y  1 , where S  (1, 0) .Let P be a variable
2 2

point (other than R and S) on the circle and tangents to the circle at ‘S’ and ‘P’
meet at the point ‘Q’ .The normal to the circle at ‘P’ intersects a line drawn
through ‘Q’ parallel to ‘RS’ at a point E Then the locus of ‘E’. passes through the
point(S)
1 1  1 1  1 1   1 1 
 3,   ,  3,   , 
A)  3 B)  4 2  C)  3 D)  4 2 
INTEGER
13

14 Transverse common tangents are drawn from O to the two circles

C1, C2 with radii 4, 2 respectively. Then the ratio of the areas of triangles

formed by the tangents drawn from O to the circles C 1 and C2 and chord of

contacts of O w.r.t the circles C1 and C2 respectively is

15 2 2
If the line ax + by +11 = 0 meets the circle x  y  61 at A, B and P (–

a  b  __________
5, 6) is on the circle such that PA= PB = 10 then

16
If x  R the maximum value of x 4  3 x 2  6 x  13  x 4  x 2  1 is k then [k] is
equal to ([.] denotes G.I.F.)
17 6

2 2
x i 8
Six points (xi, yi), i = 1, 2, …, 6 are taken on the circle x + y = 4 such that i1 and
 6

y i 4
i 1 . The line segment joining orthocentre of a triangle made by any three points
and the centroid of the triangle made by other three points passes through a fixed
points (h, k), then h + k is ________
18 If the two points (0, 0) and (1, 1) does not lie on the same side of the line
a2x + 2b(a + b + c)y + 4 = 0 " a, b Î R then find the maximum value of c __________.

PASSAGES
Paragraph for Questions 19 and 20
ABC is a triangle, O is appoint inside in it so that its distance from A, B, C is
respectively a, b, c. L, M, N, are the feet of perpendiculars from O to AB, BC, CA
respectively. x, y, z are the distances of O from L, M,N respectively
OAL   , OBM   , OCN  
19. AL + BM + CN is equal to
A) a cos   b cos   c cos  B) a sin   b sin   c sin 
) x cos   y cos   z cos  D) x sin   y sin   z sin 
C
A

20. If 3 then
z
cos 2 
A) 2x a  x  az
2 2
B) z  2 x C) a D) none of these
Passage-2
x2 y2 x2 y2
 1  1
Consider the parabola y  20 x , ellipse 16 9
2
and hyperbola 29 4
21. The equation of common tangents to all of them, is
1)  
y   x 5
2)  
y   x3
3)   
y   x5
4)  y  x4
22. Area of the quadrilateral formed by common tangents and chord of contacts of ellipse
and parabola respectively, is
2149 2191 2194 2419
1) 25 2) 25 3) 25 4) 25
x2 y2
 1
23. Equation of concentric ellipse touching auxiliary circles of the ellipse 16 9 and
2 2
x y
 1
hyperbola 29 4 , with major axis as the x-axis, is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y 2
 1  1  1  1
1) 16 9 2) 29 16 3) 25 16 4) 16 4
MATRIX MATCHING
24.

25.

KEY & SOL

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A C A A D B AB Abd BC ABCD
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

AC 7 4 1 3 3 2 A A
AC
21 22 23 24 25 26

3 4 2 C

1
Key:a
Sol.Take the reflection of DABC in BC.
 A

B C
P

M

A
PM = PM¢
PA + PM = PA + PM¢ it is minimum when M¢ PA lies in a line
Now apply cosine rule in triangle ABM¢
We will get AM '  10 7
2
KEY:C A 1,1

X C
B  2,3

1 
x  y 1
 2   3 2  22 
2
2 x  y  7 13  a
a2
So,  1
3 x  6 13
x  2
3

KEY:A
4. Key: A

Sol: A circle passing through (1, 1) and (2, 2) and touching either x-axis or y-axis. Equation
of any circle passing through (1, 1) and (2, 2) is

 x  1  x  2    y  1  y  2     x  y   0

it touches x-axis

5. KEY : D

R S
) 900-  (

T O

)
P Q


QTS  PTQ 
2 as QS is diameter

QT ST 4 4
 sin  ,  cos  ,  tan  ,  cot 
PQ RS PQ RS
2 2
 QT   ST 
     PQ.RS  sin   cos    4cot    4 tan  
2 2

 PQ   RS 
 6. KEY :B

MULTY CORRECT

KEY: AB
8
Key:abd
Let A(0,0), B(0,b), C(c,0)
æc 2b ö æ2c b ö
D çç , ÷ ÷ E çç , ÷
÷
è3 3 ø è 3 3ø
C 2 + 4b2 4c 2 + b 2
\ AD 2 = , AE 2 =
9 9
9 1 9 1
AD 2 + AE 2 = 1 Þ b 2 + c 2 = Þ BD = Þ BD =
Now 5 3 5 5
b2 + c2 1 1
AG = = =
9 5 5
9 3 3 1 3 3 9
Þ b = c Þ 2b 2 = Þ b = c = ,a = Þ D = ´ . =
AB=AC 5 10 5 2 10 10 20
1 2 2 1 3 3 æ 3 ö2 9p
R= b +c = ´ = Þ p çç ÷
÷ =
2 2 5 2 5 area= è 2 5 ø 20

9 KEY: BC
The chord subtends 90 at the center (0,0) . Making x  y  1 homogeneous in The
0 2 2

second degree with help of y-mx+1, we get

x 2  y 2   y  mx 
2

Or  1 m  x
2 2
 2mxy  0

The angle between these lines is 90 if 1  m  0  0 i.e m  1

0 2

10
KEY: ABCD
Point on the line is (t, 2a – t)
Now equation of chord of Contact
Is xt + y (2a – t) = a2
 (x – y)t + 2ay – a2 = 0
 a a
 , 
 This passes through 2 2

Now equation of chord whose mid point is F is

xa ya a 2
 
2 2 2

11
KEY:AC
 y

Q
P(1,1)

x
0

 2
Sol:
PQ  l 
1
12

2 2 
6

1  2 
l  r     
2  6  6
XOQ   450  300   750. or150

Q   2Cos750 , 2Sin75  or  2Cos150 , 2Sin150 

12

KEY:AC
sol:
y

p
Q
E
x
R s

P   cos ,sin  
 Tangent at ' p 'is x Cos  y sin   1
 1  cos  
 Q  1, 
 sin  
 op Eqn is y   tan   x
 1  cos  1  cos  
E , 
 sin  tan  sin  

tan
  h, k   locus  h  2 , k  tan   2xy  y  1  y 2 
tan 
Sec-3
 BC 2   AC  AB    AC  AB   2AC.AB
2 2

Sol:
max  BC   4r22  BC
2

becomes diameter of c2 .

INTEGER

13

14
KEY: 4

C
A
P O Q
B
D
r1  4, r2  2
2
 r r1 
2  sin  
or (OAB ) (OA)  r1  r2  r12
   2 4
or (OCD) (OC ) 2  r r 
2
r2
2 sin 
 
 r1  r2 
15
KEY: 1

2 2
The line L is common chord of x  y  61 and the circle with P as centre and
radius 10 Then L  5 x  6 y  11  0

16
Key:3

x 
 2   x  3  x   
 1   x  0 P x, x 2 , A  3, 2 B  0,1
2 2 2 2
G.E  2 2
  PA  PB  AB  10
.
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Key:3
6 6

 xi   y i 
Let i 1 and i1 .
Let O be the orthocentre of the triangle made by (x 1, y1), (x2, y2) and (x3, y3)
Þ O is (x1 + x2 + x3, y1 + y2 + y3) º (a1, b1)
Similarly let G be the centroid of the triangle made by other three points
 x 4  x5  x 6 y 4  y5  y 6 
 , 
Þ G is  3 6 
   1   1 
 , 
Þ G is  3 3 .
 
 , 
The point dividing OG is the ratio 3 : 1 is  4 4º (2, 1)
Þ h + k = 3.
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Key:2
Point may lie on the same side of the line or atleast one on the line so
4[a2 + 2b(a + b + c) + 4] ³ 0
a2 + (2b)a + 2b(b + c) + 4 ³ 0
D£0
4b2 – 4[2b2 + 2bc + 4] £ 0
–b2 – 2bc – 4 £ 0
b2 + 2bc + 4 ³ 0
D £ 0; 4c2 – 16 £ 0
c2 – 4 £ 0
–2 £ c £ 2
Max value of c = 2
PASSAGES

19.
Key: A

20. Key: A

Sol: 20 & 21:

AL  a cos   x cot 

BM  b cos   y cot 
CN  c cos   z cot 
 z
sin  A    
a
x
sin  B    
b
y
sin  C    
c
a  x cos ec

z
 2sin  cos 
a
x x2
2 1 2
a a

21. 3
22. 4
23. 2

MATRIX MATCHING

24.

25.

Sol:

26. Key. C

Sol: