The centre of the circle whose radius is 3 units and touching internally the circle $x^2+y^2-4 x-6 y-12=0$…

The centre of the circle whose radius is 3 units and touching internally the circle $x^2+y^2-4 x-6 y-12=0$ at the point $(-1,-1)$ is
  1. $\left(\frac{4}{5}, \frac{7}{5}\right)$
  2. $\left(\frac{4}{5}, \frac{-7}{5}\right)$
  3. $\left(\frac{-4}{5}, \frac{-7}{5}\right)$
  4. $\left(\frac{-4}{5}, \frac{7}{5}\right)$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} \mathrm{PC}_1 & =\sqrt{(2+1)^2+(3+1)^2} \\ & =\sqrt{25} \\ & =5 \end{aligned}$ $P$ divides $C_1 C_2$ externally in the ratio $r_1: r_2$ i.e. $5: 3$ $\therefore \quad-1=\frac{5(\mathrm{~h})-3(2)}{5-3}$ and $-1=\frac{5(\mathrm{k})-3(3)}{5-3}$ $\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow-2=5 \mathrm{~h}-6 \text { and }-2=5 \mathrm{k}-9 \\ & \Rightarrow \mathrm{h}=\frac{4}{5} \text { and } \mathrm{k}=\frac{7}{5}\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (14 May Shift 2)

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