JEE Main 2007 — Circle Question with Solution
From: AIEEE 2007
Question
Consider a family of circles which are passing through the point and are tangent to -axis. If are the coordinate of the centre of the circles, then the set of values of is given by the interval :
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Correct answer
D
Step-by-step explanation
Equation of circle whose center is
i.e
(radius of circle because circle is tangent to -axis)
Equation of circle passing through
i.e
(radius of circle because circle is tangent to -axis)
Equation of circle passing through
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