- A
- B
- Carea of the triangle is
- Darea of the triangle is
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Correct answer: A, B, C
Step-by-step Solution:
1. Find the intersection point P
We need to find the intersection of the circle and the parabola in the first quadrant.
Substitute into the equation of the circle: Factoring the quadratic equation: This gives two possible values for y: or . Since the point is in the first quadrant, we must have . So, .
Now, we find the corresponding x-coordinate: Since is in the first quadrant, . So, .
The intersection point is .
2. Find the equation of the tangent to C1 at P
The equation of the tangent to the circle at a point is given by . For the circle and the point , the tangent equation is: Let's call this tangent line . This line is also tangent to circles and .
3. Find the centers Q2 and Q3
The centers and lie on the y-axis. Let a general center be . The radii of and are given as . The distance from the center to the tangent line must be equal to the radius.
The distance formula is: This gives two possible values for :
So, the centers of the circles and are and (the order is not important).
4. Evaluate the given options
A: The distance between and is: So, option A is correct.
B: Let be the point where the tangent line intersects the y-axis. To find , set in the equation of : So, is the point . Notice that is the midpoint of the segment : . Consider the right-angled triangle (right angle at ). The sides are:
- Hypotenuse : distance from to is .
- Side : radius of , which is .
- Side : distance from to the point of tangency . By the Pythagorean theorem: Since is the midpoint of , by symmetry, . The points , , are collinear on the tangent line. Thus, the distance is: So, option B is correct.
C: area of the triangle is The area of a triangle is given by . Let the base be the segment . From option B, the length of the base is . The height is the perpendicular distance from the origin to the line containing , which is the tangent line . Note that this distance is also the radius of circle , as expected. So, option C is correct.
D: area of the triangle is The vertices of the triangle are , , and . Let's take the base of the triangle to be the segment , which lies on the y-axis. The length of the base is (from option A). The height of the triangle with respect to this base is the perpendicular distance from point to the y-axis, which is the absolute value of the x-coordinate of . The option states the area is . So, option D is incorrect.
Conclusion
The correct options are A, B, and C.
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