JEE Main 2025 — Circle Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift
Question
Let the circle touch the line , have the centre on the positive -axis, and cut off a chord of length along the line . Let H be the hyperbola , whose one of the foci is the centre of and the length of the transverse axis is the diameter of . Then is equal to ________.
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\begin{aligned} & \text { now }\left(\frac{-3 \alpha+0-1}{\sqrt{9+4}}\right)^2+\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{13}}\right)^2=\mathrm{r}^2 \\ & \Rightarrow(3 \alpha+1)^2+4=13 \mathrm{r}^2 \ldots \ldots .(2) \\ & \text { (1) & }(2) \Rightarrow(3 \alpha+1)^2+4=13 \frac{(\alpha+1)^2}{2} \\ & \quad \Rightarrow 18 \alpha^2+12 \alpha+2+8=13 \alpha^2+26 \alpha+13 \\ & \Rightarrow 5 \alpha^2-14 \alpha-3=0 \\ & \Rightarrow 5 \alpha^2-15 \alpha+\alpha-3=0 \\ & \Rightarrow 5 \alpha^2-15 \alpha+\alpha-3=0 \\ & \Rightarrow \alpha=\frac{-1}{5}, 3 \end{aligned}
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