In the annulus above a chord of the larger circle with radius R is drawn tangent to the inner circle with radius r at point P .
Find r 2 ( x 1 + x 2 ) 2 + ( y 1 + y 2 ) 2 .
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Let r and R be the radius of the inner circle and larger circle respectively.
Let P ( r cos ( θ ) , r sin ( θ ) ) and x 2 + y 2 = r 2
To find the tangent line at P :
d x d y ∣ P = − cot ( θ ) ⟹ y = sin ( θ r − cos ( θ ) x .
To find points Q and S we solve the system:
x 2 + y 2 = R 2
and,
y = sin ( θ ) r − cos ( θ ) x
⟹ x 2 − 2 r cos ( θ ) x + r 2 − R 2 sin 2 ( θ ) = 0 ⟹ x = r cos ( θ ) ± R 2 − r 2 sin ( θ )
Let x 1 = r cos ( θ ) + R 2 − r 2 sin ( θ ) and x 2 = r cos ( θ ) − R 2 − r 2 sin ( θ )
⟹ y 1 = r sin ( θ ) − R 2 − r 2 cos ( θ ) and y 2 = r sin ( θ ) + R 2 − r 2 cos ( θ )
⟹ r 2 ( x 1 + x 2 ) 2 + ( y 1 + y 2 ) 2 = 4 .
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P is the midpoint between Q and S , so that its coordinates are P ( 2 x 1 + x 2 , 2 y 1 + y 2 ) . Thus ∣ ∣ O P ∣ ∣ 2 = 4 ( x 1 + x 2 ) 2 + ( y 1 + y 2 ) 2 = r 2 and the answer is 4 .