JEE Main 2016 — Circle Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2016 (Offline)
Question
The centres of those circles which touch the circle, , externally and also touch the -axis, lie on :
Choose an option
Show full solutionCorrect option: D
Correct answer
Da parabola
Step-by-step explanation
For the given circle,
center :
radius
locus of is
which is parabola.
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