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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 10.1 circle and system of circle

Let the latus ractum of the parabola \(y ^{2}=4 x\) be the common chord to the circles \(C _{1}\) and \(C _{2}\) each of them having radius \(2 \sqrt{5}\). Then, the distance between the centres of the circles \(C _{1}\) and \(C _{2}\) is

  1. A \(8\)
  2. B \(4 \sqrt{5}\)
  3. C \(12\)
  4. D \(8 \sqrt{5}\)
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(A) \(8\)

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Length of latus rectum \(=4\) \(DB =2\) \(C _{1} B =\sqrt{\left( C _{1} D \right)^{2}-( DB )^{2}}=4\) \(C _{1} C _{2}=8\)