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A circle touching the axis at and making an intercept of length on the axis passes through the point:
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Since circle touches the x-axis at hence centre can be taken as and radius
Since y-intercept is 8, by applying Pythagorean theorem
Hence two circles are possible
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Clearly satisfies the given equation of circle.
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