The Circle x2 + y2 = 1 Cuts The x-axis At P and Q. Another Circle With Centre At Q and Variable Radius Intersects The First Circle At R above The x-axis And The Line Segment PQ at S. Find The Maximum Area Of The TriangleQSR.

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Question

The circle x2 + y2 = 1 cuts the x-axis at P and Q. another circle with centre at Q and variable radius intersects the first circle at R above the x-axis and the line segment PQ at S. Find the maximum area of the triangleQSR.

Solution

Correct option is

 

The given circle is                 x2 + y2 = 1

With centre at O (0, 0) and radius 1. It cuts x-axis at the points when y = 0 then x = ± 1 i.e., at P(–1, 0) and Q(1, 0). 

Equation of circle with centre at Q(1, 0) and radius r is 

      (x – 1)2 + (y – 0)2 = r2         …(2)           (0 < r < 2)

Solving (1) and (2), we get 

  

But above the x-axis.

  

   

  

                                      

                             

                                  

  

For maximum and minimum area,   

  

∴ A is maximum. Hence ∆ is also maximum. 

  

                                         

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