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    Tangents and Normals

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    If the length of the tangent drawn from the point (5,3) to the circle x^2+y^2+2x+ky+17=0 is 7, then k = -4. The line lx+my+n=0 will be a tangent to the circle x^2+y^2=a^2 if n^2(l^2+m^2)=a^2. The angle between the two tangents from the origin to the circle (x-7)^2+(y+1)^2=25 is π/3.

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    If the length of the tangent drawn from the point (5,3) to the circle x^2+y^2+2x+ky+17=0 is 7, then k = -4. The line lx+my+n=0 will be a tangent to the circle x^2+y^2=a^2 if n^2(l^2+m^2)=a^2. The angle between the two tangents from the origin to the circle (x-7)^2+(y+1)^2=25 is π/3.

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    If the length of the tangent drawn from the point (5,3) to the circle x^2+y^2+2x+ky+17=0 is 7, then k = -4. The line lx+my+n=0 will be a tangent to the circle x^2+y^2=a^2 if n^2(l^2+m^2)=a^2. The angle between the two tangents from the origin to the circle (x-7)^2+(y+1)^2=25 is π/3.

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    If the length of the tangent drawn from the point (5,3) to the circle x^2+y^2+2x+ky+17=0 is 7, then k = -4. The line lx+my+n=0 will be a tangent to the circle x^2+y^2=a^2 if n^2(l^2+m^2)=a^2. The angle between the two tangents from the origin to the circle (x-7)^2+(y+1)^2=25 is π/3.

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     1)

    If the length of tangent drawn from the point (5, 3) to the circle 
    x2+y2+2x+ky+17=0
    be 7, then k =

    A)
                4    
    B)
                - 4
    C)
                - 6  
    D)
                13/2

     2)

    The line 
    lx+my+n=0
    will be a tangent to the circle 
    x +y =a
    2 2 2

    if                       

    A)
                
    n2(l2+m2)=a2
          
    B)
                
    a2(l2+m2)=n2
    C)
                
    n(l+m)a
                                   
    D)
                
    a(l+m)=n

     3)

    The angle between the two tangents from the origin to the circle 
    (x−7)2+(y+1)2=25
     is

    A)
                0    
    B)
                
    π/3
    C)
                
    π/6
                           
    D)
                
    π/2

     4)

    A pair of tangents are drawn from the origin to the circle


    x2+y2+20(x+y)+20=0
    . The equation of the pair of tangents is

    A)
                
    x2+y2+10xy=0
                                       
    B)
                
    x2+y2+5xy=0
    C)
                
    2x2+2y2+5xy=0
                                     
    D)
                
    2x2+2y2−5xy=0

     5)

    If OA and OB be the tangents to the circle 


    x2+y2−6x−8y+21=0
    drawn from the origin O,  then AB =

    A)
                11  
    B)
                
    (4/5)√21
    C)
                
    √17/3
                
    D)
                None of these

     6)

    Equation of the pair of tangents drawn from the origin to the circle 
    x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0
    is

    A)
                
    gx+fy+c(x2+y2)
                                       
    B)
                
    (gx+fy)2=x2+y2
    C)
                
    (gx+fy)2=c2(x2+y2)
              
    D)
                
    (gx+fy)2=c(x2+y2)

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