If from any point on the circle $x^2+y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0$, tangents are drawn to the circle $x^2+y^2+2 g x+2…

If from any point on the circle $x^2+y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0$, tangents are drawn to the circle $x^2+y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c \sin ^2 \alpha$ $+\left(g^2+f^2\right) \cos ^2 \alpha=0,\left(0 < \alpha < \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$, then the angle between those tangents is
  1. $\frac{\pi}{4}$
  2. $\frac{\pi}{3}$
  3. $2 \alpha$
  4. $\alpha$

Solution

Given equations of circles are $ c_1 \equiv x^2+y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0 $ Centre $O(-g,-f)$ $ \begin{aligned} & \text { radius } r_1=\sqrt{g^2+f^2-c} \\ & \begin{aligned} c_2 \equiv x^2+y^2+ & 2 g x+2 f y \\ & +c \sin ^2 \alpha+\left(g^2+f^2\right) \cos ^2 \alpha \end{aligned} \end{aligned} $ Centre $O(-g,-f)$ $ \text { radius } r_2=\sqrt{g^2+f^2-c \sin ^2 \alpha-g^2 \cos ^2 \alpha-f^2 \cos ^2 \alpha} $ $ r_2=\sqrt{g^2\left(1-\cos ^2 \alpha\right)+f^2\left(1-\cos ^2 \alpha\right)-c \sin ^2 \alpha} $ $ =\sqrt{g^2+f^2-c} \cdot \sin \alpha $ as $0 < \alpha < \pi / 2 \Rightarrow 0 < \sin \alpha < 1 \Rightarrow r_2 < r_1$ Circles $c_1$ and $c_2$ are concentric circles Now, $r_2=\sqrt{g^2+f^2-c} \sin \alpha$ $r_2=r_1 \sin \alpha$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2018 (24 Apr Shift 1)

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