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The length of transverse common tangent to two circles is 5 units and a direct common tangent is 15 units, then the product of the radii of two circles is

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25
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50
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75
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30
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Solution

The correct option is B 50
Length of direct common tangent
d2(r1r2)2=15
d2(r1r2)2=152 (i)
Length of transverse common tangent
d2(r1+r2)2=5
d2(r1+r2)2=52 (ii)
Now, (i)(ii)
(r1+r2)2(r1r2)2=200
r1r2=50

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