Tangents TP and TQ are Drawn From A Point T to The Circle x2 + y2 = a2. If The Point T lies On The Line px + qy = r, Find The Locus Of Centre Of The Circumcircle Of Triangle TPQ.

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Question

Tangents TP and TQ are drawn from a point T to the circle x2 + y2 = a2. If the point T lies on the line px + qy = r, find the locus of centre of the circumcircle of triangle TPQ.

Solution

Correct option is

 

Since T lies on the line px + qy = r. Let co-ordinates of T are 

∵ Circle pass through TPQ also pass through centre of x2 + y2 = a2.

Whose centre is mid point of OT  

Which is required locus of centre of the circumcircle of triangle TPQ.

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