The co-ordinates of the mid-point of the chord cut off by theline $2 x-5 y+18=0$ by the circle…

The co-ordinates of the mid-point of the chord cut off by theline $2 x-5 y+18=0$ by the circle $x^{2}+y^{2}-6 x+2 y-54=0$ are
  1. $(1,4)$
  2. $(2,4)$
  3. $(4,1)$
  4. $(1,1)$

Solution

Let $A B$ be the chord Let the mid point of chord be $\mathrm{M}(\mathrm{h}, \mathrm{k})$ Here centre is $\mathrm{O}=(3-1)$ Here $O M \perp A B$ $\therefore($ slope of $\mathrm{OM})($ slope of $\mathrm{AB})=-1$ $\left(\frac{\mathrm{k}+1}{\mathrm{~h}-3}\right)\left(\frac{2}{5}\right)=-1$ $\therefore 5 \mathrm{~h}+2 \mathrm{k}=13$ Point $M(h, k)$ lies on the $2 x-5 y+18=0$...(1) $\therefore 2 \mathrm{~h}-5 \mathrm{k}=-18$...(2) Solving equation (1) \& (2) we get $\mathrm{h}=1, \mathrm{k}=4 \Rightarrow(1,4)$ is required point.

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (15 Oct Shift 2)

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