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Parabola

Question

 Consider the locus of centre of circle which touches circle x2+y2=4 and line x=4 . The distance of the vertex of 

 the locus from origin is 

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Solution

 Radius of variable circle is 4h . 

 It touches x2+y2=4

 Then 2+4h=h2+k2 or x2+y2=x212x+36

 y2=12(x3) The vertex (3,0) . 



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