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Circle Graphs and Tangents Questions MME

This document contains questions about circle graphs and tangents. It asks the reader to identify equations that represent circles with given centers and radii. It also asks the reader to identify equations that represent lines tangent to circles at given points. Additionally, it contains questions that ask the reader to determine properties of circles like diameters, radii, centers, and equations of tangent lines to circles at given points on the circles.

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Circle Graphs and Tangents Questions MME

This document contains questions about circle graphs and tangents. It asks the reader to identify equations that represent circles with given centers and radii. It also asks the reader to identify equations that represent lines tangent to circles at given points. Additionally, it contains questions that ask the reader to determine properties of circles like diameters, radii, centers, and equations of tangent lines to circles at given points on the circles.

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Circle Graphs and Tangents

1(a) Which of the following equations represents a circle with a centre at (0,0) and a radius
of 8?
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]

𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 16 (𝑥 + 8)2 + 𝑦 2 = 0

𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 64 𝑥 2 + (𝑦 + 8)2 =0

1(b) Which of the following equations represent a line that passes through the point
(0,7) and is tangent to a circle at point (3,4)?
Circle your answer.
[1 mark]

3
𝑦= 𝑥+7 𝑦 = −𝑥 + 7
4

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𝑦 = 7𝑥 + 𝑦 = 7𝑥 − 1
4

1(c) Describe the circle given the following equation: 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 25


Circle your answer.
[2 marks]

Centre (0,0) Centre (0,0)


Radius 50 Radius 10

Centre (0,0) Centre (0,0)


Radius 12.5 Radius 5

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2 Consider the following circle with centre at (0,0) which crosses the point, (−4,0).

2(a) What is the diameter of the circle?


[1 mark]

Answer

2(b) What is the equation of this circle?


[3 marks]

Answer

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3(a) Determine the radius for the following circle: 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 32.


Give your answer in surd form, as simplified as possible.
[2 marks]

Answer

3(b) If the centre of the circle was moved 3 places to the left and 5 places up, what would
the centre be?
[2 marks]

Answer

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4 Consider the following circle, with centre 0,0


Point P has the coordinates (−3, −5)

𝑂
𝑥

Work out the equation of the tangent, 𝐴𝐵, to the circle at point 𝑃.
Give your answer in the form 𝑎𝑦 = 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑑 where 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑑 are integers.
[3 marks]

Answer

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5 Consider the following circle, with centre 0,0 , and a radius of 5


Point 𝑃 has the coordinates (−3,4)

𝑦 𝐵

𝑂
𝑥
𝐴

Work out the equation of the tangent, 𝐴𝐵, to the circle at point 𝑃.
Give your answer in the form 𝑎𝑦 = 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑑 , where 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑑 are integers.
[3 marks]

Answer

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6 Consider the following circle, with centre 0,0 , and a radius of 12


Point 𝑄 has the coordinates (5,13)

𝐴 𝑦

𝑂
𝑥

Work out the equation of the tangent, 𝐴𝐵, to the circle at point 𝑄.
Give your answer in the form 𝑎𝑦 = 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑑, where 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑑 are integers.
[3 marks]

Answer

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7 Find the equation of a circle, with centre (0,0), where the tangent meets the circle at
12 4
,−
5 5

[3 marks]

Answer

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