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    Higher Mathematics - Circle

    Solutions (Leah)
    (2)

    Firstly, we expand our brackets and collect like terms.

    (x − 2)2 + (y − 12 ) = 25
    x2 − 4x + 4 + y2 − 2y + 1 = 25
    x2 + y2 − 4x − 2y − 20 = 0

    Since we are told y = 3x, we can substitute that into the above equation and solve
    for x.

    x2 + y2 − 4x − 2y − 20 = 0
    x2 + (3x)2 − 4x − 2(3x) − 20 = 0
    x2 + 9x2 − 4x − 6x − 20 = 0
    10x2 − 10x − 20 = 0
    x2 − x − 2 = 0
    ⟹ (x + 1)(x − 2) = 0

    So, we see that x = −1 and x = 2. To find the points of intersections, we also


    need to find the y components. We can substitute our values for x into the equation
    y = 3x.

    y = 3(−1) = −3
    y = 3(2) = 6

    Thus, our points of intersection are (−1, 3) and (2, 6)

    (3)

    To find the equation of any circle, we need a center and the radius. The center is
    found by calculating the midpoint from (−7, 3) and (1, 5).

    Higher Mathematics - Circle Solutions (Leah) 1


    Looking at the x components exclusively, it ranges from −7 to 1, which takes 8
    steps total, so half that is 4. So, we can either add 4 to −7 or subtract 4 from 1.
    Either way, we get that the midpoint in the x component is −3.

    We do the same for the y, which ranges from 3 to 5, so, the midpoint will be 4. This
    gives a midpoint of coordinates (−3, 4), which is the center.

    To find the radius, we calculate the distance between AB and half it. We construct a
    right angled triangle, which looks like,

    Then the red line will have length 82 + 22 = 68 . This means the radius will be
    half this, namely 68 /2.
    So, the equation of the circle will be,

    (x + 3)2 + (y − 4)2 = ( )
    68
    2
    68
    (x + 3)2 + (y − 4)2 =
    4
    2 2
    (x + 3) + (y − 4) = 17

    (4)

    This first part is worth one mark. If we are told the center is (t, 0), and radius 2, it
    follows that the equation of the circle is just,

    (x − t)2 + (y − 0)2 = 22

    (b)

    Higher Mathematics - Circle Solutions (Leah) 2


    We first expand out our circle equation and collect like terms.

    (x − t)2 + y2 = 4
    x2 − 2xt + t2 + y2 − 4 = 0

    We are told an equation of a straight line y = 2x, which intersects the circle once
    (tangent), so we substitute in the exact same fashion as Q1.

    x2 − 2xt + t2 + (2x)2 − 4 = 0
    x2 − 2xt + t2 + 4x2 − 4 = 0
    5x2 − 2xt + t2 − 4 = 0

    We are told this line is also a tangent, so, the b2 − 4ac = 0. Applying the
    discriminant to the quadratic above yields,

    (−2t)2 − 4(5)(t2 − 4) = 0
    4t2 − 20(t2 − 4) = 0
    4t2 − 20t2 + 80 = 0
    80 = 16t2
    5 = t2
    ⟹ t=± 5

    However, our answer is t = + 5 as we are told that t > 0

    Higher Mathematics - Circle Solutions (Leah) 3

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