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AP EAMCET · Maths · Circle

The area of the quadrilateral formed by the tangents from the point \((4,5)\) to the circle \(x^2+y^2-4 x-2 y-11=0\), with a pair of radii joining the points of contact of these tangents is

  1. A 4
  2. B 6
  3. C 8
  4. D 10
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(C) 8

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Equation of given circle \[ \begin{aligned} & & x^2+y^2-4 x-2 y-11 & =0 \\ \Rightarrow & & (x-2)^2+(y-1)^2 & =16 \end{aligned} \] From the figure, the area of quadrilateral \(P A C B\)…