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

Let the lengths of intercepts on \(x\) -axis and \(y\) -axis made by the circle \(x^{2}+y^{2}+a x+2 a y+c=0\) \((a < 0)\) be \(2 \sqrt{2}\) and \(2 \sqrt{5}\), respectively. Then the shortest distance from origin to a tangent to this circle which is perpendicular to the line \(x +2 y =0,\) is euqal to :

  1. A \(\sqrt{11}\)
  2. B \(\sqrt{7}\)
  3. C \(\sqrt{6}\)
  4. D \(\sqrt{10}\)
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(C) \(\sqrt{6}\)

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\(x ^{2}+ y ^{2}+ ax +2 ay + c =0\) \(2 \sqrt{ g ^{2}- c }=2 \sqrt{\frac{ a ^{2}}{4}- c }=2 \sqrt{2}\) \(\Rightarrow \quad \frac{ a ^{2}}{4}- c =2.......(1)\) \(2 \sqrt{ f ^{2}- c }=2 \sqrt{ a ^{2}- c }=2 \sqrt{5}\) \(\Rightarrow a^{2}-c=5......(2)\) \((1)\) and \((2)\)…
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