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WBJEE · Maths · Circle

Chords AB & CD of a circle intersect at right angle at the point P. If the length of AP, PB, CP, PD are 2, 6, 3, 4 units respectively, then the radius of the circle is

  1. A 4 units
  2. B \(\frac{\sqrt{65}}{2}\) units
  3. C \(\frac{\sqrt{67}}{2}\) units
  4. D \(\frac{\sqrt{66}}{2}\) units
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(B) \(\frac{\sqrt{65}}{2}\) units

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\(\begin{aligned} & O(x, y)=\text { centre } \\ & \Rightarrow O C=O A=O B=O D \\ & \Rightarrow r=\frac{\sqrt{65}}{2}\end{aligned}\)