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Q.

Two circles are given such that one is completely lying inside the other without touching. Then the locus of the centre of a variable circle which touches the smaller circle from outside and the bigger circle from inside is

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a

An ellipse

b

A hyperbola

c

A parabola

d

A circle

answer is A.

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In the figure, circles with hard lines are the given circles with centres C1 and C2 and radii r1 and r2 . Let the circle with dotted line be the variable circle, which touches the given two circles as erplained in the question, which has centre C and radius r. Now CC2=r+r2 and CC1=r1−r Hence ,CC1+CC2=r1+r2(= constant ) Then the locus of C is an ellipse whose foci are C1 and C2 .
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Two circles are given such that one is completely lying inside the other without touching. Then the locus of the centre of a variable circle which touches the smaller circle from outside and the bigger circle from inside is