1.03d Circles: equation (x-a)^2+(y-b)^2=r^2

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Edexcel C2 2008 June Q5
9 marks Moderate -0.3
5. The circle \(C\) has centre \(( 3,1 )\) and passes through the point \(P ( 8,3 )\).
  1. Find an equation for \(C\).
  2. Find an equation for the tangent to \(C\) at \(P\), giving your answer in the form \(a x + b y + c = 0\), where \(a , b\) and \(c\) are integers.
Edexcel C2 2009 June Q6
11 marks Standard +0.3
6. The circle \(C\) has equation $$x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } - 6 x + 4 y = 12$$
  1. Find the centre and the radius of \(C\). The point \(P ( - 1,1 )\) and the point \(Q ( 7 , - 5 )\) both lie on \(C\).
  2. Show that \(P Q\) is a diameter of \(C\). The point \(R\) lies on the positive \(y\)-axis and the angle \(P R Q = 90 ^ { \circ }\).
  3. Find the coordinates of \(R\).
Edexcel C2 2010 June Q10
11 marks Standard +0.3
10. The circle \(C\) has centre \(A ( 2,1 )\) and passes through the point \(B ( 10,7 )\).
  1. Find an equation for \(C\). The line \(l _ { 1 }\) is the tangent to \(C\) at the point \(B\).
  2. Find an equation for \(l _ { 1 }\). The line \(l _ { 2 }\) is parallel to \(l _ { 1 }\) and passes through the mid-point of \(A B\).
    Given that \(l _ { 2 }\) intersects \(C\) at the points \(P\) and \(Q\),
  3. find the length of \(P Q\), giving your answer in its simplest surd form. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{571780c2-945b-4636-b7c3-0bd558d28710-15_115_127_2461_1814}
Edexcel C2 2011 June Q4
8 marks Moderate -0.8
4. The circle \(C\) has equation $$x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } + 4 x - 2 y - 11 = 0$$ Find
  1. the coordinates of the centre of \(C\),
  2. the radius of \(C\),
  3. the coordinates of the points where \(C\) crosses the \(y\)-axis, giving your answers as simplified surds.
Edexcel C2 2012 June Q3
11 marks Moderate -0.8
3. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} The circle \(C\) with centre \(T\) and radius \(r\) has equation $$x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } - 20 x - 16 y + 139 = 0$$
  1. Find the coordinates of the centre of \(C\).
  2. Show that \(r = 5\) The line \(L\) has equation \(x = 13\) and crosses \(C\) at the points \(P\) and \(Q\) as shown in Figure 1.
  3. Find the \(y\) coordinate of \(P\) and the \(y\) coordinate of \(Q\). Given that, to 3 decimal places, the angle \(P T Q\) is 1.855 radians,
  4. find the perimeter of the sector \(P T Q\).
Edexcel C2 2013 June Q10
6 marks Standard +0.3
10. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} The circle \(C\) has radius 5 and touches the \(y\)-axis at the point \(( 0,9 )\), as shown in Figure 4.
  1. Write down an equation for the circle \(C\), that is shown in Figure 4. A line through the point \(P ( 8 , - 7 )\) is a tangent to the circle \(C\) at the point \(T\).
  2. Find the length of \(P T\).
Edexcel C2 2014 June Q10
9 marks Moderate -0.3
  1. The circle \(C\), with centre \(A\), passes through the point \(P\) with coordinates ( \(- 9,8\) ) and the point \(Q\) with coordinates \(( 15 , - 10 )\).
Given that \(P Q\) is a diameter of the circle \(C\),
  1. find the coordinates of \(A\),
  2. find an equation for \(C\). A point \(R\) also lies on the circle \(C\).
    Given that the length of the chord \(P R\) is 20 units,
  3. find the length of the shortest distance from \(A\) to the chord \(P R\). Give your answer as a surd in its simplest form.
  4. Find the size of the angle \(A R Q\), giving your answer to the nearest 0.1 of a degree.
Edexcel C2 2014 June Q9
5 marks Standard +0.3
9. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 3 shows a circle \(C\) with centre \(Q\) and radius 4 and the point \(T\) which lies on \(C\). The tangent to \(C\) at the point \(T\) passes through the origin \(O\) and \(O T = 6 \sqrt { } 5\) Given that the coordinates of \(Q\) are \(( 11 , k )\), where \(k\) is a positive constant, (a) find the exact value of \(k\),
(b) find an equation for \(C\).
Edexcel C2 2015 June Q2
7 marks Moderate -0.8
2. A circle \(C\) with centre at the point \(( 2 , - 1 )\) passes through the point \(A\) at \(( 4 , - 5 )\).
  1. Find an equation for the circle \(C\).
  2. Find an equation of the tangent to the circle \(C\) at the point \(A\), giving your answer in the form \(a x + b y + c = 0\), where \(a , b\) and \(c\) are integers.
Edexcel C2 2016 June Q3
8 marks Moderate -0.8
3. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Diagram not drawn to scale The circle \(C\) has centre \(P ( 7,8 )\) and passes through the point \(Q ( 10,13 )\), as shown in Figure 2.
  1. Find the length \(P Q\), giving your answer as an exact value.
  2. Hence write down an equation for \(C\). The line \(l\) is a tangent to \(C\) at the point \(Q\), as shown in Figure 2.
  3. Find an equation for \(l\), giving your answer in the form \(a x + b y + c = 0\), where \(a , b\) and \(c\) are integers.
Edexcel C2 2017 June Q5
7 marks Moderate -0.8
5. The circle \(C\) has equation $$x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } - 10 x + 6 y + 30 = 0$$ Find
  1. the coordinates of the centre of \(C\),
  2. the radius of \(C\),
  3. the \(y\) coordinates of the points where the circle \(C\) crosses the line with equation \(x = 4\), giving your answers as simplified surds.
Edexcel C2 2018 June Q5
10 marks Moderate -0.8
  1. The circle \(C\) has equation
$$x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } - 2 x + 14 y = 0$$ Find
  1. the coordinates of the centre of \(C\),
  2. the exact value of the radius of \(C\),
  3. the \(y\) coordinates of the points where the circle \(C\) crosses the \(y\)-axis.
  4. Find an equation of the tangent to \(C\) at the point ( 2,0 ), giving your answer in the form \(a x + b y + c = 0\), where \(a , b\) and \(c\) are integers.
Edexcel F1 2015 January Q4
14 marks Challenging +1.2
4. The parabola \(C\) has cartesian equation \(y ^ { 2 } = 12 x\) The point \(P \left( 3 p ^ { 2 } , 6 p \right)\) lies on \(C\), where \(p \neq 0\)
  1. Show that the equation of the normal to the curve \(C\) at the point \(P\) is $$y + p x = 6 p + 3 p ^ { 3 }$$ This normal crosses the curve \(C\) again at the point \(Q\).
    Given that \(p = 2\) and that \(S\) is the focus of the parabola, find
  2. the coordinates of the point \(Q\),
  3. the area of the triangle \(P Q S\).
Edexcel F1 2023 January Q8
11 marks Challenging +1.8
  1. A parabola \(C\) has equation \(y ^ { 2 } = 4 a x\) where \(a\) is a positive constant.
The point \(S\) is the focus of \(C\) The line \(l _ { 1 }\) with equation \(y = k\) where \(k\) is a positive constant, intersects \(C\) at the point \(P\)
  1. Show that $$P S = \frac { k ^ { 2 } + 4 a ^ { 2 } } { 4 a }$$ The line \(l _ { 2 }\) passes through \(P\) and intersects the directrix of \(C\) on the \(x\)-axis.
    The line \(l _ { 2 }\) intersects the \(y\)-axis at the point \(A\)
  2. Show that the \(y\) coordinate of \(A\) is \(\frac { 4 a ^ { 2 } k } { k ^ { 2 } + 4 a ^ { 2 } }\) The line \(l _ { 1 }\) intersects the directrix of \(C\) at the point \(B\) Given that the areas of triangles \(B P A\) and \(O S P\), where \(O\) is the origin, satisfy the ratio $$\text { area } B P A \text { : area } O S P = 4 k ^ { 2 } : 1$$
  3. determine the exact value of \(a\)
Edexcel F1 2017 June Q8
11 marks Standard +0.3
8. The parabola \(C\) has cartesian equation \(y ^ { 2 } = 36 x\). The point \(P \left( 9 p ^ { 2 } , 18 p \right)\), where \(p\) is a positive constant, lies on \(C\).
  1. Using calculus, show that an equation of the tangent to \(C\) at \(P\) is $$p y - x = 9 p ^ { 2 }$$ This tangent cuts the directrix of \(C\) at the point \(A ( - a , 6 )\), where \(a\) is a constant.
  2. Write down the value of \(a\).
  3. Find the exact value of \(p\).
  4. Hence find the exact coordinates of the point \(P\), giving each coordinate as a simplified surd.
Edexcel F1 2018 June Q3
5 marks Standard +0.3
3. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 1 shows the parabola \(C\) which has cartesian equation \(y ^ { 2 } = 6 x\). The point \(S\) is the focus of \(C\).
  1. Find the coordinates of the point \(S\). The point \(P\) lies on the parabola \(C\), and the point \(Q\) lies on the directrix of \(C\). \(P Q\) is parallel to the \(x\)-axis with distance \(P Q = 14\)
  2. State the distance \(S P\). Given that the point \(P\) is above the \(x\)-axis,
  3. find the exact coordinates of \(P\).
Edexcel F1 2020 June Q7
10 marks Standard +0.8
7. The parabola \(C\) has equation \(y ^ { 2 } = 4 a x\), where \(a\) is a positive constant. The line \(l\) with equation \(3 x - 4 y + 48 = 0\) is a tangent to \(C\) at the point \(P\).
  1. Show that \(a = 9\)
  2. Hence determine the coordinates of \(P\). Given that the point \(S\) is the focus of \(C\) and that the line \(l\) crosses the directrix of \(C\) at the point \(A\),
  3. determine the exact area of triangle \(P S A\). \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{a3457c24-fbda-413d-b3b2-6be375307318-25_2255_50_314_34}
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Edexcel F1 2024 June Q9
13 marks Challenging +1.2
  1. The rectangular hyperbola \(H\) has equation \(x y = c ^ { 2 }\) where \(c\) is a positive constant.
The point \(P \left( c t , \frac { c } { t } \right)\), where \(t > 0\), lies on \(H\)
  1. Use calculus to show that an equation of the normal to \(H\) at \(P\) is $$t ^ { 3 } x - t y = c \left( t ^ { 4 } - 1 \right)$$ The parabola \(C\) has equation \(y ^ { 2 } = 6 x\) The normal to \(H\) at the point with coordinates \(( 8,2 )\) meets \(C\) at the point \(Q\) where \(y > 0\)
  2. Determine the exact coordinates of \(Q\) Given that
    • the point \(R\) is the focus of \(C\)
    • the line \(l\) is the directrix of \(C\)
    • the line through \(Q\) and \(R\) meets \(l\) at the point \(S\)
    • determine the exact length of \(Q S\)
Edexcel F1 2021 October Q6
8 marks Standard +0.8
6. The curve \(H\) has equation $$x y = a ^ { 2 } \quad x > 0$$ where \(a\) is a positive constant. The line with equation \(y = k x\), where \(k\) is a positive constant, intersects \(H\) at the point \(P\)
  1. Use calculus to determine, in terms of \(a\) and \(k\), an equation for the tangent to \(H\) at \(P\) The tangent to \(H\) at \(P\) meets the \(x\)-axis at the point \(A\) and meets the \(y\)-axis at the point \(B\)
  2. Determine the coordinates of \(A\) and the coordinates of \(B\), giving your answers in terms of \(a\) and \(k\)
  3. Hence show that the area of triangle \(A O B\), where \(O\) is the origin, is independent of \(k\)
Edexcel F1 2018 Specimen Q2
5 marks Standard +0.8
  1. A parabola \(P\) has cartesian equation \(y ^ { 2 } = 28 x\). The point \(S\) is the focus of the parabola \(P\).
    1. Write down the coordinates of the point \(S\).
    Points \(A\) and \(B\) lie on the parabola \(P\). The line \(A B\) is parallel to the directrix of \(P\) and cuts the \(x\)-axis at the midpoint of \(O S\), where \(O\) is the origin.
  2. Find the exact area of triangle \(A B S\).
Edexcel F1 2018 Specimen Q6
10 marks Standard +0.3
  1. The rectangular hyperbola \(H\) has equation \(x y = 25\)
    1. Verify that, for \(t \neq 0\), the point \(P \left( 5 t , \frac { 5 } { t } \right)\) is a general point on \(H\).
    The point \(A\) on \(H\) has parameter \(t = \frac { 1 } { 2 }\)
  2. Show that the normal to \(H\) at the point \(A\) has equation $$8 y - 2 x - 75 = 0$$ This normal at \(A\) meets \(H\) again at the point \(B\).
  3. Find the coordinates of \(B\). \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{38217fcb-8f26-49ac-9bb1-61c2f304006e-13_2261_50_312_36}
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Edexcel FP1 2018 June Q7
8 marks Standard +0.8
  1. The parabola \(C\) has equation \(y ^ { 2 } = 4 a x\), where \(a\) is a positive constant. The point \(S\) is the focus of \(C\).
The straight line \(l\) passes through the point \(S\) and meets the directrix of \(C\) at the point \(D\).
Given that the \(y\) coordinate of \(D\) is \(\frac { 24 a } { 5 }\),
  1. show that an equation of the line \(l\) is $$12 x + 5 y = 12 a$$ The point \(P \left( a k ^ { 2 } , 2 a k \right)\), where \(k\) is a positive constant, lies on the parabola \(C\).
    Given that the line segment \(S P\) is perpendicular to \(l\),
  2. find, in terms of \(a\), the coordinates of the point \(P\).
Edexcel FP1 Q2
3 marks Moderate -0.5
2. A point \(P\) with coordinates \(( x , y )\) moves so that its distance from the point \(( - 3,0 )\) is equal to its distance from the line \(x = 3\). Find a cartesian equation for the locus of \(P\).
Edexcel F3 2014 June Q2
6 marks Challenging +1.2
2. The line with equation \(x = 9\) is a directrix of an ellipse with equation $$\frac { x ^ { 2 } } { a ^ { 2 } } + \frac { y ^ { 2 } } { 8 } = 1$$ where \(a\) is a positive constant. Find the two possible exact values of the constant \(a\).
Edexcel F3 2015 June Q2
5 marks Challenging +1.2
2. The hyperbola \(H\) has equation $$\frac { x ^ { 2 } } { a ^ { 2 } } - \frac { y ^ { 2 } } { b ^ { 2 } } = 1$$ where \(a\) and \(b\) are positive constants.
The hyperbola \(H\) has eccentricity \(\frac { \sqrt { 21 } } { 4 }\) and passes through the point (12, 5).
Find
  1. the value of \(a\) and the value of \(b\),
  2. the coordinates of the foci of \(H\).