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Additional Mathematics/Paper 2/Coordinate geometry of the circle
CAIEO-Level4037-o · Paper 2

Coordinate geometry of the circle

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Q112026 May/Jun·P229MMedium-Hard

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A circle C1C_1 has centre (3,5)(3, 5).
The point P(1,4)P(1, 4) lies on circle C1C_1.

A circle C2C_2 has centre (12,8)(12, 8).
The line with equation y=193xy = 19 - 3x is the common chord of circles C1C_1 and C2C_2.

Find the radius of circle C2C_2.

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Q112025 Oct/Nov·P235MMedium

A circle has equation x2+y225=0x^2 + y^2 - 25 = 0.
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 AA and BB.
The line ABAB has length 6 and is parallel to the line y=xy = -x.

Find the equation of the second circle in the form x2+y2+ax+by+c=0x^2 + y^2 + ax + by + c = 0, where aa, bb and cc are constants.

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Q112023 May/Jun·P219MMedium

The line with equation x+3y=kx + 3y = k, where kk is a positive constant, is a tangent to the curve with equation x2+y2+2y9=0x^2 + y^2 + 2y - 9 = 0. Find the value of kk and hence find the coordinates of the point where the line touches the curve.

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Q72021 May/Jun·P216MMedium

Find the exact values of the constant kk for which the line y=2x+1y = 2x + 1 is a tangent to the curve

y=4x2+kx+k2y = 4x^2 + kx + k - 2
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Q82014 May/Jun·P226MMedium

The line y=x5y=x-5 meets the curve x2+y2+2x35=0x^2+y^2+2x-35=0 at the points AA and BB. Find the exact length of ABAB.

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Q62014 Oct/Nov·P222 partsMedium-Easy
(i)

Calculate the coordinates of the points where the line y=x+2y = x + 2 cuts the curve x2+y2=10x^2 + y^2 = 10.

(ii)

Find the exact values of mm for which the line y=mx+5y = mx + 5 is a tangent to the curve

x2+y2=10.x^2 + y^2 = 10.
Q92011 May/Jun·P229MMedium

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The diagram shows the quadrilateral ABCDABCD in which AA is the point (4,2)(4, 2) and BB is the point (2,10)(-2, -10). The points CC and DD lie on the line x=14x = 14. The diagonal ACAC is perpendicular to ABAB and passes through the mid-point, MM, of the diagonal BDBD. Find the area of the quadrilateral ABCDABCD.

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Q72010 May/Jun·P218MMedium

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In the diagram the points A(1,5)A(-1, 5), B(2,6)B(-2, 6), C(4,10)C(4, 10) and DD are the vertices of a quadrilateral in which ADAD is parallel to the xx-axis. The perpendicular bisector of BCBC passes through DD. Find the area of the quadrilateral ABCDABCD.

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Q11(c)2022 Oct/Nov·P226MMedium-Hard
(c)

The length of BDBD is 125\sqrt{125}. Find the coordinates of the two possible positions of point DD.

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Q5(a)2020 May/Jun·P224MMedium-Easy
(a)

Find the equation of the line LL, the perpendicular bisector of the line ABAB.

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