Obtaining Centre and Radius of a Circle from General Equation of a Circle
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Question
A circle x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 passing through (4, 2) is concentric to the circle x2+y2−2x+4y+20=0, then the value of c will be
A
-4
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B
4
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C
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D
1
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Solution
The correct option is A -4 Circle x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 is concentric with x2+y2−2x+4y+20=0. Therefore centre is (1, -2) and radius =√g2+f2−c=√(1−4)2+(−2+2)2⇒c=−4.