C 1 : x 2 + y 2 = r 2 , C 2 : ( x − p ) 2 + ( y − q ) 2 = r 2
C 1 and C 2 defined above are two circles in 2D space with radius r ( > 0 ) and have n points of intersection, ( x i , y i ) for i ∈ { 1 , … , n } .
If C 1 and C 2 are perpendicular at all points of intersection, which of the following statements are true?
I.
x
i
2
+
y
i
2
−
q
y
i
−
p
x
i
=
0
.
II.
As we move the center of
C
2
along the curve
q
=
a
for some constant
a
=
0
,
d
p
d
r
=
r
p
.
III.
As we move the center of
C
2
along
p
+
b
q
=
0
for some constant
b
=
0
,
d
q
d
r
=
2
r
b
2
q
+
q
.
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We know that for intersection points, C 1 = C 2 , and so
( x − p ) 2 + ( y − q ) 2 = x 2 + y 2 = r 2 ⇒ { p 2 + q 2 = 2 p x + 2 q y ∣ x 2 + y 2 = r 2 } ( 1 ) .
For the circles to intersect orthogonally, d x d y ∣ C 1 = − d y d x ∣ C 2 , so
C 1 : 2 x + 2 y d x d y = 0 ⇒ d x d y = − y x C 2 : 2 x − 2 p + ( 2 y − 2 q ) d x d y = 0 ⇒ d x d y = − y − q x − p
And
C 1 ⊥ C 2 ⇒ y 2 − q y + x 2 − p x = 0 ( 2 ) .
Since this will be happening at the intersection points of C 1 and C 2 , x = x i , y = y i and so condition I is true .
We can now combine ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) and remove the x , y parameters, getting
p 2 + q 2 = 2 r 2 ( 3 ) .
The other two options can be checked from ( 3 ) :
q = a ⇒ 2 p + 0 = 4 r d p d r ⇒ d p d r = 2 r p and so II is false .
p + b q = 0 ⇒ 2 ( b 2 + 1 ) q = 4 r d q d r ⇒ d q d r = 2 r b 2 q + q and so III is true .
This is all of the options checked, so I, III are true.