Find The Equation Of The Circle Circumscribing The Triangle Formed By The Lines:          x + y = 6, 2x + y = 4 And x + 2y = 5, Without Finding The Vertices Of The Triangle.

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Question

 

Find the equation of the circle circumscribing the triangle formed by the lines:

         x + y = 6, 2x + y = 4 and x + 2y = 5,

Without finding the vertices of the triangle.

Solution

Correct option is

 

Let the given lines represented by L1L2 and L3 then  

       L­1 ≡ x + y – 6 = 0

       L2 ≡ 2x + y – 4 = 0

       L3 ≡ x + 2y – 5 = 0   

Equation of conic of second degree, whose sides are L1 = 0, L2 = 0 and L3 = 0, is 

              

             

For circle, coefficient of x2 = coefficient of y2   

  

 

And coefficient of xy = 0  

  

     

Substituting the values of λ and μ from (3) and (4) in (2), then

  

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