Let AB be A Chord Of The Circle x2 + y2 = a2 subtending A Right Angle At The Centre. Then The Locus Of The Centroid Of The Triangle PAB as Pmoves On The Circle Is

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Question

Let AB be a chord of the circle x2 + y2 = a2 subtending a right angle at the centre. Then the locus of the centroid of the triangle PAB as Pmoves on the circle is

Solution

Correct option is

A circle

Let AB be any chord subtending an angle of 90o at centre O

(0, 0), then                             

   

If P be any point on the circle, then P is (a cos θ, a sin θ) 

If (hk) be the centroid, then   

         

Eliminate θ 

         

  

                                                                            

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