chalte chalte locus

find locus of center of circle which touches (y-1)2+x2=1 externally and also touches X axis.
if u're getting x2=4y and x=0,think again!!!

15 Answers

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Manish Shankar ·

good question

but no one is trying :O

1
decoder ·

is it parabola

eq. x2=2(y-1/2)

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Grandmaster ·

decoder check it !!!,i don't think its correct!!!

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Devil ·

I'm not sure whether this is correct or not!

If centre be (h,k), then we have
eqn of circle as
(x-h)^2+(y-k)^2=r^2.........(i)

From the fact that it touches given circle externally, we further have
h^2+(k-1)^2=(r+1)^2.......(ii)
From (i), we have 'r' in terms of h,k, as it touches x-axis!
Putting that in (ii), we can have the desired locus!

Pls correct me if wrong.

1357
Manish Shankar ·

yes soumik, you are on the right track

just finish it off to get the answer.

1
decoder ·

@ grandmaster,i am getting the same answer

my method:

let the circle be (x-h)^{2}+(y-k)^{2}=k^{2}
since it is touching the other circle externally therefore C1C2=r1r2

h^{2}+(k-1)^{2}=k^{2}
solving we get x2=2(y-1/2)

1357
Manish Shankar ·

C1C2=r1r2 ??????
hows that

check once again decoder

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Bicchuram Aveek ·

(y-1)2 + x2 = 1

Centre of the circle is (0,1).
Radius is 1.

Let the centre of reqd. circle be (h,k).
It touches the X-axis at (h,0) and its radius is k.

OA = k+1

again, OA2 = (k-1)2 + (h-0)2

Hence (k-1)2 + h2 = (k+1)2

or, h2 = 4k

Hence x2 = 4y is the reqd. locus

1357
Manish Shankar ·

Hence (k-1)2 + h2 = (k+1)2

or, h2 - 2k2 =2

again check this step aveek

1357
Manish Shankar ·

yes Aveek this is one of the answer you should get

But think is this the true locus?

what if y<0?

1
Grandmaster ·

yes thats where...manish bhaiya is ingeneous check below the x axis

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iitimcomin ·

x=0 if y<0

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iitimcomin ·

actually an ex iitjee multiple choice question if i remember ,,,,

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iitimcomin ·

and aveek draw accurate rough diag bro ... see that circle with center 0,1 touches the x axis ...

1
Grandmaster ·

ya that's the correct solution

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