JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Circle and System of Circles Question Bank Tangent and normal to a circle

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    If \[\frac{x}{\alpha }+\frac{y}{\beta }=1\] touches the circle \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}={{a}^{2}}\], then point \[(1/\alpha ,\,1/\beta )\]lies on a/an                                                               [Orissa JEE 2005]

    A)            Straight line                              

    B)            Circle

    C)            Parabola                                   

    D)            Ellipse

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               \[y=-\frac{\beta }{\alpha }x+\beta \]touches the circle,                      \ \[{{\beta }^{2}}={{a}^{2}}\left( 1+\frac{{{\beta }^{2}}}{{{\alpha }^{2}}} \right)\] Þ \[\frac{1}{{{\alpha }^{2}}}+\frac{1}{{{\beta }^{2}}}=\frac{1}{{{a}^{2}}}\]            \ Locus of \[\left( \frac{1}{\alpha },\frac{1}{\beta } \right)\]is \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}={{\left( \frac{1}{a} \right)}^{2}}\].


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