NTA Abhyas JEE Main2020MathematicsCirclePractice
If the length of direct common tangent and transverse common tangent of two circles with integral radii are 3 units and 1 unit respectively, then the reciprocal of the square of the distance between the centres of the circles is equal to
Correct answer
0.1
Step-by-step solution
Let two circles are of radii r 1 & r 2 and with centres C 1 & C 2 respectively, then C 1 C 2 2 - r 1 - r 2 2 = 9 & C 1 C 2 2 - r 1 + r 2 2 = 1 ⇒ 4 r 1 r 2 = 8 ⇒ r 1 r 2 = 2 Assume, r 1 = 2 & r 2 = 1 Then, C 1 C 2 2 = 1 + 3 2 = 10 1 C 1 C 2 2 = 0.1