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Grade 12Analytical Geometry

The number of circles touching the line y - x = 0 and the y-axis is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) infinite

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16 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Askiitians Expert Bharath-IITD
16 Years ago

Dear Sanchit,

The answer to this question is (d)

This is because we can draw infinite number of circles of different radii such that they can fit in between those two lines.

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