In the standard coordinate plane, the circle defined by the equation is translated units to the right and units down. A line passing through the origin with a non-zero slope is tangent to this translated circle. What is the value of ?
Cevap: -0.75
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The correct answer is -0.75.
The correct answer is -0.75. By completing the square on the original equation, we find the circle with center and radius . Translating the circle shifts the center to . A line passing through the origin with slope has the equation . For this line to be tangent to the circle, its perpendicular distance from the center must equal the radius . Using the distance formula, we get the equation . Simplifying gives . Squaring both sides yields , which simplifies to . The non-zero solution is .
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Using completing the square, coordinate translations, and the point-to-line distance formula to solve circle tangency problems