Suppose that the circle \(x^2+y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0\) has its centre on \(2 x+3 y-7=0\) and cuts the circles…

Suppose that the circle \(x^2+y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0\) has its centre on \(2 x+3 y-7=0\) and cuts the circles \(x^2+y^2-4 x-6 y+11=0\) and \(x^2+y^2-10 x-4 y+21=0\) orthogonally. Then \(5 g-10 f+3 c=\)
  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 3
  4. 9

Solution

The equation of given circle \(x^2+y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0\) ...(i) having centre \((-g,-f)\) lying on the line \(\begin{aligned} & 2 x+3 y-7=0 \\ & \text{so } 2 g+3 f+7=0 \quad \ldots (ii) \end{aligned}\) Since circle (i) cuts the given circles \(\quad \begin{aligned} x^2+y^2-4 x-6 y+11 & =0 \\ \text {and } x^2+y^2-10 x-4 y+21 & =0 \end{aligned}\) orthogonally \(\begin{array}{lc} \text { so, } & 2 g(-2)+2 f(-3)=c+11 \\ \Rightarrow & 4 g+6 f+c+11=0 \quad \ldots (iii) \\ \text { and } & 2 g(-5)+2 f(-4=c+21 \\ \Rightarrow & 10 g+4 f+c+21=0 \quad \ldots (iv) \end{array}\) From Eqs. (iii) and (iv), we get \(6 g-2 f+10=0 \quad \ldots (v) \) From Eq. (ii) and (v), we get \(\begin{gathered} 11 f+11=0 \Rightarrow f=-1 \\ \text{So, } g=-2 \Rightarrow c=3 \end{gathered}\) \(\begin{aligned} & \therefore 5 g-10 f+3 c=5(-2)-10(-1)+3(3) \\ & =-10+10+9=9 \end{aligned}\) Hence, option (4) is correct.

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2019 (20 Apr Shift 1)

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