Monday, April 22, 2013

Puzzle 44

W(a, b) is the centre of the circle. TE is a tangent to the circle at E, which lies on the y-axis. The circle touches the x-axis at D. The equation of TE is. Calculate the values of a and b.

6 comments:

gksriharsha said...

The value of a is -3 and the value of b is 0. Sir(Mr.vidyamanohar) is my answer correct?

Vidyamanohar said...

Value of a is correct but not of b
Further, There will be two answers for W.

gksriharsha said...

Sir I have tried this problem, but Iam not getting the solution so please help.

Unknown said...

the value of a and b which i got was a=b=9

Unknown said...

the value of a and b which i got was a=b=9

katrick said...

a = -3, b= -5; a = 27, b = -45