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The centre of a circle is $(2a, a – 7)$. Find the values of $a$ if the circle passes through the point $(11, -9)$ and has diameter $10\sqrt2$ units.
Given:
The centre of a circle is $(2a, a – 7)$.
To do:
We have to find the values of $a$ if the circle passes through the point $(11, -9)$ and has diameter $10\sqrt2$ units.
Solution:
From the figure,
Radius of the circle $=$ Distance between the centre $C (2a, a-7)$ and the point $P (11, -9)$
We know that,
The distance between two points $(x_{1}, y_{1})$ and $(x_{2}, y_{2})=\sqrt{(x_{2}-x_{1})^{2}+(y_{2}-y_{1})^{2}}$
Radius of the circle $=\sqrt{(11-2a)^2+(-9-a+7)^2}$
$=\sqrt{(11-2a)^2+(2+a)^2}$......(i)
The length of the diameter \( =10 \sqrt{2} \) units. This implies,
The length of the radius \( =\frac{\text { Length of diameter }}{2} \)
\( =\frac{10 \sqrt{2}}{2}=5 \sqrt{2} \)
Therefore,
\( 5 \sqrt{2}=\sqrt{(11-2 a)^{2}+(-2-a)^{2}} \)
Squaring on both sides, we get,
\( 50=(11-2 a)^{2}+(2+a)^{2} \)
\( \Rightarrow 50=121+4 a^{2}-44 a+4+a^{2}+4 a \)
\( \Rightarrow 5 a^{2}-40 a+75=0 \)
\( \Rightarrow a^{2}-8 a+15=0 \)
\( \Rightarrow a^{2}-5 a-3 a+15=0 \)
\( \Rightarrow a(a-5)-3(a-5)=0\)
\( \Rightarrow(a-5)(a-3)=0 \)
\( \therefore a=3,5 \)
Hence, the required values of \( a \) are 5 and 3.
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