Tangents to a circle

2008-06-04 2:57 am
Find the rquations of the tangents to the circle (x+4)^2 + (y+3)^2 =5 from an external point (-1,-2)

Find the equations of the tangents to the circle x^2+y^2-2x-8y-8=0 from the point (0,-3).

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2008-06-04 3:12 am
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The Qs are solved as follows:

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2008-06-04 3:33 am
Let tangent to the circle and passes through the point (-1,-2) be y + 2 = m(x + 1), that is mx - y +(m-2) = 0. Centre of the circle is (-4,-3), radius of the circle is sqrt5. So distance from (-4,-3) to the tangent equals to sqrt5. That is
[m(-4) -(-3) +(m-2)]/sqrt[m^2 +(-1)^2] = +/-sqrt5
(-4m +3 +m -2)/sqrt[m^2 1] = /-sqrt5
(-3m + 1)^2/(m^2 +1) = 5
(9m^2 + 1 -6m)/(m^2 + 1) = 5
9m^2 + 1 -6m = 5m^2 + 5
4m^2 -6m -4 = 0
2m^2 -3m -2 = 0
(2m + 1)(m-2) = 0
m = 2 or -1/2
Therefore, the 2 tangents are:
2x -y = 0
-x/2 -y -5/2 = 0 or x + 2y + 5 = 0
Same method can be applied to the other question.


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