JEE Main 2025 — Circle Question with Solution
JEE Main 2025 (7 Apr Shift 1)
Question
Let be the circle in the third quadrant of radius 3 , that touches both coordinate axes. Let be the circle with centre that touches externally at the point . If , then is equal to :
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Correct answer
C22
Step-by-step explanation

Let and has centres and
$\begin{aligned}
& \mathrm{AB}=\sqrt{16+36}=2 \sqrt{13} \\ & \mathrm{r}_1=3 \text { and } \mathrm{r}_2=2 \sqrt{13}-3 \\ & \mathrm{P}(\alpha, \beta), \alpha=\frac{\mathrm{r}_1(1)+\mathrm{r}_2(-3)}{\mathrm{r}_1+\mathrm{r}_2}, \beta=\frac{\mathrm{r}_1(3)+\mathrm{r}_2(-3)}{\mathrm{r}_1+\mathrm{r}_2} \\ & \alpha=\frac{3-3(2 \sqrt{13}-3)}{2 \sqrt{13}}, \beta=\frac{18-6 \sqrt{13}}{2 \sqrt{13}} \\ & (\beta-\alpha)^2=\left(\frac{6}{2 \sqrt{13}}\right)^2 \\ & (\beta-\alpha)^2=\left(\frac{6}{2 \sqrt{13}}\right)^2, \mathrm{~m}+\mathrm{n}=22
\end{aligned}$
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