For the two circles $x^2+y^2=16$ and $x^2+y^2-2 y=0$, there is/are

For the two circles $x^2+y^2=16$ and $x^2+y^2-2 y=0$, there is/are
  1. one pair of common tangents
  2. two pair of common tangents
  3. three pair of common tangents
  4. no common tangent

Solution

Let, $x^2+y^2=16$ or $x^2+y^2=4^2$ radius of circle $r_1=4$, centre $\mathrm{C}_1(0,0)$ we have, $x^2+y^2-2 y=0$ $ \begin{aligned} \Rightarrow & x^2+\left(y^2-2 y+1\right)-1=0 \text { or } x^2+(y-1)^2 \\ =& 1^2 \end{aligned} $ Radius 1, centre $\mathrm{C}_2(0,1)$ $ \begin{aligned} &\left|C_1 C_2\right|=1 \\ &\left|r_2-r_1\right|=|4-1|=3 \\ &\left|C_1 C_2\right| < \left|r_2-r_1\right| \end{aligned} $ no common tangents for these two circles

Asked in: JEE Main 2014 (12 Apr Online)

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