JEE Main 2023 — Circle Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift
Question
A circle passing through the point in the first quadrant touches the two coordinate axes at the points and . The point is above the line . The point on the line segment is the foot of perpendicular from on . If is equal to 11 units, then the value of is ___________.
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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 121
Step-by-step explanation
Since, (i) passes through
Equation of
.........(ii)
Let be the foot of the perpendicular from to line (iii)
Now,
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