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Circles A

1. The document provides 23 problems involving equations of circles, finding properties of circles such as radius, center, and equations, determining if points lie inside, outside or on circles, finding lengths related to circles, finding intersections between circles and lines, and finding tangent lines to circles. 2. The problems cover skills like writing the equation of a circle given its center and radius, finding the center and radius from a standard circle equation, solving equations to find properties of circles, using properties of circles to solve geometry problems, and finding intersections and tangents between circles and lines. 3. The document is a worksheet that allows students to practice essential skills for working with circles and their equations.

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Circles A

1. The document provides 23 problems involving equations of circles, finding properties of circles such as radius, center, and equations, determining if points lie inside, outside or on circles, finding lengths related to circles, finding intersections between circles and lines, and finding tangent lines to circles. 2. The problems cover skills like writing the equation of a circle given its center and radius, finding the center and radius from a standard circle equation, solving equations to find properties of circles, using properties of circles to solve geometry problems, and finding intersections and tangents between circles and lines. 3. The document is a worksheet that allows students to practice essential skills for working with circles and their equations.

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C1 CIRCLES Worksheet A

1 Write down an equation of the circle with the given centre and radius in each case.
a centre (0, 0) radius 5 b centre (1, 3) radius 2 c centre (4, −6) radius 1
d centre (−1, −8) radius 3 e centre ( − 12 , 1
2
) radius 1
2
f centre (−3, 9) radius 2 3

2 Write down the coordinates of the centre and the radius of each of the following circles.
a x2 + y2 = 16 b (x − 6)2 + (y − 1)2 = 81 c (x + 1)2 + (y − 4)2 = 121
d (x − 7)2 + y2 = 0.09 e (x + 2)2 + (y + 5)2 = 32 f (x − 8)2 + (y + 9)2 = 108

3 Find the coordinates of the centre and the radius of each of the following circles.
a x2 + y2 − 4y + 3 = 0 b x2 + y2 − 2x − 10y − 23 = 0
c x2 + y2 + 12x − 8y + 36 = 0 d x2 + y2 − 2x + 16y = 35
e x2 + y2 = 8x − 6y f x2 + y2 + 10x − 2y − 19 = 0
g 4x2 + 4y2 − 4x − 24y + 1 = 0 h 9x2 + 9y2 + 6x − 24y + 8 = 0

4 Find an equation of the circle


a with centre (1, −2) which passes through the point (4, 2),
b with centre (−5, 7) which passes through the point (0, 5).

5 Find an equation of the circle in which AB is a diameter in each case.


a A (1, −2) B (3, −2) b A (−7, 2) B (1, 8) c A (1, 1) B (4, 0)

6 The points P (0, 1), Q (3, 10) and R (6, 9) all lie on circle C.
a Show that ∠PQR is a right-angle.
b Hence, show that C has the equation x2 + y2 − 6x − 10y + 9 = 0.

7 Find in each case whether the given point lies inside, outside or on the given circle.
a (0, −9) x2 + y2 = 64 b (4, 7) x2 + y2 − 2x − 6y − 26 = 0
c (7, −3) x2 + y2 + 10x − 4y = 140 d (−4, 1) x2 + y2 + 2x + 8y − 13 = 0

8 The point P lies on the circle with equation x2 + y2 + 12x − 6y + 27 = 0 and the point Q has
coordinates (8, 1). Find the minimum length of PQ giving your answer in the form k 2 .

9 Find an equation of the circle which crosses the x-axis at the points (2, 0) and (8, 0) and touches
the y-axis at the point (0, 4).

10 Given that the circle with equation x2 + y2 + 8x − 12y + k = 0 does not touch or cross either of
the coordinate axes, find the set of possible values of the constant k.

11 The circle C passes through the points P, Q and R with coordinates (−2, −2), (2, −4) and (7, 1)
respectively.
a Find an equation of the perpendicular bisector of the points P and Q.
b Find the coordinates of the centre of C.
c Find an equation of C.

 Solomon Press
C1 CIRCLES Worksheet A continued

12 The circle C has the equation x2 + y2 − 4x − 4y − 28 = 0.


a Find the distance of the point A (10, 8) from the centre of C.
The tangent to C at the point B passes through A.
b Find the length AB.

13 A circle has the equation x2 + y2 + 6x − 2y = 0 and passes through the point P.


Given that the tangent to the circle at P passes through the point Q (2, 6), find the exact length
PQ in its simplest form.

14 The circle C has the equation x2 + y2 − 6x − 10y + 16 = 0 and passes through the point A (6, 2).
a Find the coordinates of the centre of C.
b Find the gradient of the normal to the circle at A.
c Find an equation of the normal to the circle at A.

15 Find an equation of
a the normal to the circle with equation x2 + y2 + 4x = 13 at the point (−1, 4),
b the tangent to the circle with equation x2 + y2 + 2x + 4y − 40 = 0 at the point (5, 1),
c the tangent to the circle with equation x2 + y2 − 10x + 4y + 4 = 0 at the point (2, 2).

16 Find the coordinates of the points where the circle with equation x2 + y2 − 6x + 6y − 16 = 0
intersects the coordinate axes.

17 Find in each case the coordinates of the points where the line l intersects the circle C.
a l:y=x−4 C : x2 + y2 = 10
b l : 3x + y = 17 C : x2 + y2 − 4x − 2y − 15 = 0
c l : y = 2x + 2 C : 4x2 + 4y2 + 4x − 8y − 15 = 0

18 The line with equation y = 1 − x intersects the circle with equation x2 + y2 + 6x + 2y = 27 at the
points A and B.
Find the length of the chord AB, giving your answer in the form k 2 .

19 Show that the line with equation y = 2x + 1 is a tangent to the circle with equation
x2 + y2 − 8x − 8y + 27 = 0 and find the coordinates of the point where they touch.

20 The line with equation y = x + k is a tangent to the circle with equation x2 + y2 + 6x − 8y + 17 = 0.


Find the two possible values of k.

21 The line with equation y = mx is a tangent to the circle with equation x2 + y2 − 8x − 16y + 72 = 0.
Find the two possible values of m.

22 The line with equation 2x + 3y = k is a tangent to the circle with equation x2 + y2 + 6x + 4y = 0.


Find the two possible values of k.

23 The circle with equation x2 + y2 − 4x − 6y = 7 crosses the y-axis at the points A and B.
a Find the coordinates of the points A and B.
b Find the coordinates of the point where the tangent to the circle at A intersects the tangent to
the circle at B.

 Solomon Press

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