JEE Main20207 Jan 2020Evening ShiftMathematicsCircleActual
Let the tangents drawn from the origin to the circle, x 2 + y 2 - 8 x - 4 y + 16 = 0 touch it at the points A and B . Then A B 2 is equal to
Options
- A52 5
- B56 5
- C64 5
- D32 5
Correct answer
C. 64 5
Step-by-step solution
L = S 1 = 16 = 4 R = 16 + 4 - 16 = 2 Length of chord of contact = 2 L R L 2 + R 2 = 2 × 4 × 2 16 + 4 = 16 20