Let the set of all values of \(r\), for which the circles \({(x+1)}^{2}+{(y+4)}^{2}={r}^{2}\) and \({x}^{2}+{y}^{2}−4x−2…
Let the set of all values of \(r\), for which the circles \({(x+1)}^{2}+{(y+4)}^{2}={r}^{2}\) and \({x}^{2}+{y}^{2}−4x−2y−4=0\)
intersect at two distinct points be the interval \(\left(\alpha ,\beta \right)\). Then \(\alpha \beta\) is equal to
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\(25\)
Given circles:
\({(x−2)}^{2}+{(y−1)}^{2}={3}^{2}\\ \text{and}{(x+1)}^{2}+{(y+4)}^{2}={r}^{2}\)
Since the circles intersect each other at two different points.
So, \(\left|{r}_{1}−{r}_{2}\right|<{c}_{1}{c}_{2}<{r}_{1}+{r}_{2}\)
\(\Rightarrow \left|r−3\right|<\sqrt{{(2+1)}^{2}+{(1+4)}^{2}} \(\Rightarrow \left|r−3\right|<\sqrt{34}\text{ }&\text{ }r+3>\sqrt{34}\) \(\Rightarrow −\sqrt{34} i.e. \(r=\left(3−\sqrt{34},\text{ }3+\sqrt{34}\right)\cap \left(\sqrt{34}−3,∞\right)\) i.e. \(r\in \left(\sqrt{34}−3,\sqrt{34}+3\right)\) \(∴\alpha \beta =\left(\sqrt{34}−3\right)\left(\sqrt{34}+3\right)\) \(=34–9=25\)
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