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The number of common tangents to the circles \(x^{2}+y^{2}-2 x-4 y+1=0\) and \(x^{2}+y^{2}-12 x-16 y+91=0\) is

  1. A 1
  2. B 2
  3. C 3
  4. D 4
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(D) 4

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We have, \[ x^{2}+y^{2}-2 x-4 y+1=0 \] and \(x^{2}+y^{2}-12 x-16 y+91=0\) Here, \(\quad C_{1} \equiv(1,2)\) and \(r_{1}=\sqrt{1+4-1}=2\) and \(\quad C_{2} \equiv(6,8)\) and \(r_{2}=\sqrt{36+64-91}=3\) Now, \(C_{1} C_{2}=\sqrt{25+36}=\sqrt{61}\) Here,…