BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2002

  • question_answer
    Equation of the pair of tangents drawn from  the origin to the circle \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+2gx+2fy+c=0\] is:

    A) \[gx+fy=c({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})\]

    B)  \[{{(gx+fy)}^{2}}={{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}\]

    C)  \[{{(gx+fy)}^{2}}={{c}^{2}}({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})\]

    D)  \[{{(gx+fy)}^{2}}=c({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Key Idea: If a tangents drawn through a point \[({{x}_{1}},{{y}_{1}})\]circles S, then the equation of pair of tangents is \[S{{S}_{1}}={{T}^{2}}.\]                 Let \[S={{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+2gx+2fy+c=0\] The tangents are drawn through the origin (0, 0) to the circle is \[S{{S}_{1}}={{T}^{2}}\]                 \[\Rightarrow \]               \[({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+2gx+2fy+c)c\]                                 \[={{(gx+fy+c)}^{2}}\]                 \[\Rightarrow \]               \[c({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})={{(gx+fy)}^{2}}\]


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