circles - find the parallel tangents..

find the eqn. of those tangents to the circle x2 + y2 - 2x - 4y - 4 = 0 which are parallel to the line 3x - 4y - 1 = 0

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Manish Shankar ·

lets assume the tangent to be: 3x-4y=c

then we have distance from centre to this line is equal to radius.

apply this and get the value of c

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rahul ·

Thank you ... yes..
well one bad soln.. is putting y = (3x - c)/4 into the eqn. of the circle and putting D = 0 nd finally c... well urs is the best one... !!

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