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The locus of the centre of a circle which cuts the circle orthogonally and also touches the line is
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Let the general equation of circle be
....... (i)
It cuts the circle orthogonally
.......(ii)
circle (i) touches
therefore, perpendicular distance from centre to the tangent to the circle=radius
... (iii)
on eliminating from (ii) and (iii) we get
Hence, locus of is,
(replacing & by & )
....... (i)
It cuts the circle orthogonally
.......(ii)
circle (i) touches
therefore, perpendicular distance from centre to the tangent to the circle=radius
... (iii)
on eliminating from (ii) and (iii) we get
Hence, locus of is,
(replacing & by & )
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