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The Locus of centers of the circles, possessing the same area and having 3x-4y+4=0 and 6x-8y-7=0 as their common tangent, is
MathematicsCircleAP EAMCETAP EAMCET 2022 (04 Jul Shift 1)
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  • A 12x-16y-15=0
  • B 3x-4y+112=0
  • C 12x-16y+15=0
  • D 3x-4y-112=0
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The correct answer is: 12x-16y+15=0

Given,

3x-4y+4=0 and 6x-8y-7=0 are common tangent,

Now the given lines are parallel tangents to a circle,

So, the diameter of the circle is equal to the distance between these lines,

So that the required radius is

12×4+729+16=12×152×15=34

The center of the circle lies on the line parallel to the given lines at a distance of 34 from each of them.

So let the equation passing from center be 3x-4y+k=0      1

Then by distance between two parallel line formula we get, k-49+16=±34k=4±154k=14 or 314

For k=14, distance of 1 from the other line is also 34.

Thus the center lies on the line 3x-4y+14=0

 12x-16y+1=0

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