If $y=2 x$ is a chord of circle $x^2+y^2-10 x=0$, then the equation of circle with this chord as diameter is

If $y=2 x$ is a chord of circle $x^2+y^2-10 x=0$, then the equation of circle with this chord as diameter is
  1. $x^2+y^2-2 x-4 y=0$
  2. $x^2+y^2+2 x+4 y=0$
  3. $x^2+y^2-2 x+4 y=0$
  4. $x^2+y^2+2 x-4 y=0$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & x^2-10 x+y^2=0 \\ & x-10 x+25+y^2=25 \Rightarrow \text { centre }=(5,0) \text { and } r=5 \end{aligned}$ $\mathrm{y}=2 \mathrm{x}$ is a chord of given circle. Point of intersection of chord and circle is $\mathrm{x}^2-10 \mathrm{x}+25+4 \mathrm{x}^2=25 \quad \Rightarrow \mathrm{y}=0,4$ Thus end points of the chord are $(0,0)$ and $(2,4)$ Mid point of the chord $=\left(\frac{2}{2}, \frac{4}{2}\right)=(1,2)$ and length of chord $=\sqrt{(2)^2+(4)^2}=\sqrt{20}$ is the diameter of required circle. Hence equation of required circle is $(x-1)+(y-2)=\left(\frac{\sqrt{20}}{2}\right)^2$ i.e. $x^2+y^2-2 x-4 y=0$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (24 Sep Shift 2)

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