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The slope of a common tangent to the circles \(x^2+y^2-4 x-8 y+16=0\) and \(x^2+y^2-6 x-16 y+64=0\) is

  1. A 0
  2. B 15/8
  3. C 1
  4. D 17/4
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(B) 15/8

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\(\begin{aligned} & \text { (b) } x^2+y^2-4 x-8 y+16=0 \Rightarrow C_1 \equiv(2,4), n=42 \\ & x^2+y^2-6 x-16 y+64=0 \Rightarrow C_1 \equiv(3,8), r_2=3 \end{aligned}\) Let \(m x-y+C=0\) be the common tangent to the two circles.…