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If the angle between the circles x2+y24x6y3=0,x2+y2+8x4y+λ=0 is 60, then a positive  value of λ is

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answer is 11.

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For the circle, x2+y24x6y3=0, centre C1=(2,3), radius r1=4+9+3=4

For the circle, x2+y2+8x4y+λ=0, centre C2=(4,2), radius r2=16+4λ=20λ

d=C1C2:=36+1=37

cos60=d2r12r222r1r212=3716(20λ)2420λ420λ=I+λ16(20λ)=(1+λ)232016λ=λ2+2λ+1λ2+18λ319=0λ2+29λ11λ319=0λ(λ+29)11(λ+29)=0(λ11)(λ+29)=0λ=11,λ=29. λ=11

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If the angle between the circles x2+y2−4x−6y−3=0,x2+y2+8x−4y+λ=0 is 60∘, then a positive  value of λ is