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

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    The equations of the tangents drawn from the origin to the circle \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-2rx-2hy+{{h}^{2}}=0\]are [Roorkee 1989; IIT 1988; RPET 1996]

    A)            \[x=0,y=0\]                             

    B)            \[({{h}^{2}}-{{r}^{2}})x-2rhy=0,x=0\]                           

    C)            \[y=0,x=4\]                             

    D)            \[({{h}^{2}}-{{r}^{2}})x+2rhy=0,x=0\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               The equation of tangents is \[S{{S}_{1}}={{T}^{2}}\]                    \[\Rightarrow {{h}^{2}}({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-2rx-2hy+{{h}^{2}})={{(rx+hy-{{h}^{2}})}^{2}}\]                  \[\Rightarrow ({{h}^{2}}-{{r}^{2}}){{x}^{2}}-2rhxy=0\Rightarrow x\{({{h}^{2}}-{{r}^{2}})x-2rhy\}=0\]                    \[\Rightarrow x=0,\ ({{h}^{2}}-{{r}^{2}})x-2rhy=0\].


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