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Question 558

Show that if the length of the tangents from a point P on the circle x2 + y2 = a2 be four times the length of the tangent from it to the circle (x – a)2 + y2 = a2, then P lies on the circle 15x2 + 15y2 – 32ax + a2 = 0. Prove that these three circles pass through two points and that the distance between the centres of first and third circle is sixteen times the distance between the second and third circle.

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