JEE Main · 2020 · 07 Jan 2020 · Shift 2 · Circle

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Let the tangents drawn from the origin to the circle, touch it at the points and . Then is equal to:
  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)✓ Correct
  4. (D)

Answer: (C)

Solution

The circle has centre and radius . The origin lies at distance from the centre, so the tangent length is . The chord of contact has length , so .

JEE Main · 2020 · 07 Jan 2020 · Shift 2 · Single correct option

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