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Fudgin [204]
3 years ago
6

Circle with Center (-1,2) and radius 5 goes through the line x+4y=0 in the dots A and B. Calculate the length of AB

Mathematics
2 answers:
mel-nik [20]3 years ago
7 0

From the line equation, we can deduce

x=-4y

This implies that any point on the line can be written as

(-4y,y),\quad y \in \mathbb{R}

So, given any two points

A=(-4y_1,y_1),\quad B=(-4y_2,y_2)

their distance will be

AB=\sqrt{(-4y_1+4y_2)^2+(y_1-y_2)^2}=\sqrt{17(y_1-y_2)^2}=\sqrt{17}|y_1-y_2|

So, we can compute the distance between two points on the line just by knowing their y coordinates!

Now, the equation of a circle with center (-1,2) and radius 5 is

(x+1)^2+(y-2)^2=5^2

which we can reform as

x^2 + y^2 + 2 x  - 4 y - 20 = 0

The points of intersection between the circle and the line are given by the system between the two equations:

\begin{cases}x^2 + y^2 + 2 x  - 4 y - 20 = 0\\x+4y=0\end{cases}

From the second equation we can deduce x=-4y. Plugging this value in the first equation yields

(-4y)^2 + y^2 + 2 (-4y)  - 4 y - 20 = 0 \iff 17y^2-12y-20=0

Solving this equation for y yields

y=\dfrac{12\pm\sqrt{144+1360}}{34}=\dfrac{12\pm\sqrt{1504}}{34}=\dfrac{12\pm\sqrt{16\cdot 94}}{34}=\dfrac{12\pm4\sqrt{94}}{34}=\dfrac{6\pm2\sqrt{94}}{17}

Now we have the two y values

y_1=\dfrac{6+2\sqrt{94}}{17},\quad y_2=\dfrac{6-2\sqrt{94}}{17}

Which implies that the distance length of AB is

AB=\sqrt{17}|y_1-y_2|=\sqrt{17}\cdot\dfrac{4\sqrt{94}}{17}=4\sqrt{\dfrac{94}{17}}

Drupady [299]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

4\sqrt{1598}

Step-by-step explanation:

distance center (–1, 2) to line x + 4y = 0 is

d=\frac{-1+4(2)}{\sqrt{1^2+4^2}}=\frac{7}{17}\sqrt{17}

by using Pythagorean's Theorem, we get

AB=2\sqrt{r^2-d^2}\\=2\sqrt{25-\frac{49}{17}}\\=4\sqrt{1598}

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