Coordinate geometry of the circle
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A circle has centre .
The point lies on circle .
A circle has centre .
The line with equation is the common chord of circles and .
Find the radius of circle .
A circle has equation .
A second circle has the same radius as the first circle, and the coordinates of its centre are both positive.
The two circles intersect at the points and .
The line has length 6 and is parallel to the line .
Find the equation of the second circle in the form , where , and are constants.
The line with equation , where is a positive constant, is a tangent to the curve with equation . Find the value of and hence find the coordinates of the point where the line touches the curve.
Find the exact values of the constant for which the line is a tangent to the curve
The line meets the curve at the points and . Find the exact length of .
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The diagram shows the quadrilateral in which is the point and is the point . The points and lie on the line . The diagonal is perpendicular to and passes through the mid-point, , of the diagonal . Find the area of the quadrilateral .
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In the diagram the points , , and are the vertices of a quadrilateral in which is parallel to the -axis. The perpendicular bisector of passes through . Find the area of the quadrilateral .
The length of is . Find the coordinates of the two possible positions of point .
Find the equation of the line , the perpendicular bisector of the line .