The radical centre of the circles \(x^2+y^2-4 x-6 y+5=0\), \(x^2+y^2-2 x-4 y-1=0\) and \(x^2+y^2-6 x-2 y=0\)…

The radical centre of the circles \(x^2+y^2-4 x-6 y+5=0\), \(x^2+y^2-2 x-4 y-1=0\) and \(x^2+y^2-6 x-2 y=0\) is equal to
  1. \(\left(\frac{33}{4}, \frac{20}{3}\right)\)
  2. \(\left(\frac{33}{4}, \frac{10}{3}\right)\)
  3. \(\left(\frac{33}{4}, \frac{-20}{3}\right)\)
  4. \(\left(\frac{7}{6}, \frac{11}{6}\right)\)

Solution

Equation of given circles \(\begin{aligned} & S_1: x^2+y^2-4 x-6 y+5=0 \\ & S_2: x^2+y^2-2 x-4 y-1=0 \end{aligned}\) and \(\quad S_3: x^2+y^2-6 x-2 y=0\) \(\therefore\) Radical axis of circles \(S_1\) and \(S_2\) is \(2 x+2 y-6=0 \Rightarrow x+y=3\)...(i) Similarly, the radical axis of circles \(S_2\) and \(S_3\) is \(-4 x+2 y+1=0\)...(ii) \(\because\) Radical centre is point of concurrency of radical axes, from radical axes Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get \(y=\frac{11}{6} \text { and } x=\frac{7}{6}\) \(\therefore\) Radical centre is \(\left(\frac{7}{6}, \frac{11}{6}\right)\)

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2020 (18 Sep Shift 1)

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