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If the common tangents to the parabola, x2=4y and the circle, x2+y2=4 intersect at the point P, then the distance of P from the origin (units), is:
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Options:
  • A 23+22
  • B 3+22
  • C 2+1
  • D 22+1
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 22+1

Let y=mx+c be the common tangent.

Then c2=41+m2 ...(1) (condition of tangency for circle)

Solving with x2=4y, we get x2=4mx+c

i.e. x2-4mx-4c=0 ...(1)

Being a tangent, (1) must have equal roots.

-4m2=41-4cm2=-c ...(2)

From 1 & 2, c2=4-4c & c<0

c2+4c-4=0c=-22-2 (As c<0, so c22-2).

So, both tangents have common y intercept and thus intersect at P0,-2-2.

Thus, distance of P from origin is 22+1 units.

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