SHEET-5 ANGLE OF INTERSECTION, RADICAL AXIS

1. Find the angle of intersection of the circles, x2 + y2 – 6x + 4y + 11 = 0 and x2 + y2 – 4x + 6y + 9 = 0.

2. For what value of k the circles x2 + y2 + 5x + 3y + 7 = 0 and x2 + y2 – 8x + 6y + k = 0 cut orthogonally.
3. Find the equation of the circle passing through the origin and cutting the circles x2 + y2 – 4x + 6y + 10 = 0 and
x2 + y2 + 12y + 6 = 0 at right angles.
4. Prove that the two circles which pass through two points (0, a) and (0, –a) and touch the straight line
y = mx + c will cut orthogonally if c2 = a2 (2 + m2).
5. Two circles are drawn through the point (a, 5a) and (4a, a) to touch the y-axis. Prove that they
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intersect at angle tan–1   .
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6. Find the equation to the radical axis of the circles 2x2 + 2y2 + 14x – 18 y + 15 = 0 and
4x2 + 4y2 – 3x – y + 5 = 0.
7. Prove that the length of the common chord of the two circles (x – a)2 + (y – b)2 = c2 and
(x – b)2 + (y – a)2 = c2 is 4c 2  2(a  b) 2 . Find also the condition when the given circles touch.
8. Find the radical centre of circles x2 + y2 + 3x + 2y + 1 = 0, x2 + y2 – x + 6y + 5 = 0 and
x2 + y2 + 5x – 8y + 15 = 0. Also find the equation of the circle cutting them orthogonally.
9. Find the radical centre of three circles described on the three sides 4x – 7y + 10 = 0, x + y – 5= 0 and
7x + 4y – 15 = 0 of a triangle as diameters.

10. The circles x2 + y2 + x + y = 0 and x2 + y2 + x – y = 0 intersect at an angle of

11. Two given circles x2+y2+ax+by+c=0 and x2+y2+dx+ey+f=0 will intersect each other orthogonally, only
when

12. The centre of the circle S = 0 lies on the line 2x  2y + 9 = 0 and S = 0 cuts orthogonally the circle
x²+y²=4. Show that circle S = 0 passes through two fixed points and also find their coordinates.

13. A circle S passes through the point (0, 1) and is orthogonal to the circles (x – 1)2 + y2 = 16 and x2 + y2=1.
Then find equation of S

14. The co-ordinates of the point from where the tangents are drawn to the circles x2+y2=1, x2 + y2 + 8x +
15=0 and x2 + y2 + 10y + 24 = 0 are of same length, are

15. From a point P tangents drawn to the circles x 2  y 2  x  3  0 , 3x 2  3y 2  5x  3y  0 and

4x 2  4y 2  8x  7y  9  0 are of equal length. Find the equation of the circle through P which touches
the line x  y  5 at the point (6, -1)

16. Find the equation of the circle which cuts each of the circles, x² + y² = 4, x² + y²  6x  8y + 10 = 0 &

x² + y² + 2x  4y  2 = 0 at the extremities of a diameter.

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SHEET-5 ANGLE OF INTERSECTION, RADICAL AXIS

1. 45º 2. –18 3. 2(x2 + y2) – 7x + 2y = 0

6. 31x – 35y + 25 = 0 7. 2c2 = (a – b)2

8. (3, 2) and (x2 + y2 – 6x – 4y – 14 = 0) 9. (1, 2)

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11. ad + be = 2c + 2f

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12. ( 4,4) and  , 
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13. (x  7)2  (y  1)2  49

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14.  2,  2 
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15. x 2  y 2  7x  7y  12  0

16. x² + y²  4x  6y  4 = 0

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26513 942.