Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2009

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    The point (3,-4) lies on both the circles\[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-2x+8y+13=0\]and\[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-4x+6y+11=0\]. Then, the angle between the circles is

    A) \[{{60}^{o}}\]    

    B)                        \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)\]

    C) \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3}{5} \right)\]               

    D)        \[{{135}^{o}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Given circles are\[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-2x+8y+13=0\]and\[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}-4x+6y+11=0\]. Here,     \[{{C}_{1}}=(1,\,\,-4),\,\,{{C}_{2}}=(2,\,\,-3)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{r}_{1}}=\sqrt{1+16-13}=2\] and        \[{{r}_{2}}=\sqrt{4+9-11}=\sqrt{2}\] Now,     \[d={{C}_{1}}{{C}_{2}}=\sqrt{{{(2-1)}^{2}}+{{(-3+4)}^{2}}}=\sqrt{2}\] \[\therefore \]\[\cos \theta =\frac{{{d}^{2}}-r_{1}^{2}-r_{2}^{2}}{2{{r}_{1}}{{r}_{2}}}=\frac{2-4-2}{2\times 2\times \sqrt{2}}=-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\theta ={{135}^{o}}\]


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