A right angled isosceles triangle is incribed in the circle x2+y2-4x-2y-4=0 then length of its side is
A) square root of 2 B) 2*square root of 2 C) 3*square root of 2 D) 4*square root of 2
The given circle is,
x2 +y2 -4x-2y-4 = 0
Now comparing this equation of circle with standard equation of circle,
x2 +y2 +2gx + 2fy +c = 0 we get,
g = -2 , f = -1 c = -4 so the center of the circle will be (-g, -f) or (2, 1) and radius can be calculated as,
Since given triangle is a right angle isosceles inscribed in the circle so ,
BC will be diameter as shown in the figure and AB= AC ,
Now BC= 2r = 6 unit
Now in right angle triangle BAC ,
x2 +y2 -4x-2y-4 = 0
Now comparing this equation of circle with standard equation of circle,
x2 +y2 +2gx + 2fy +c = 0 we get,
g = -2 , f = -1 c = -4 so the center of the circle will be (-g, -f) or (2, 1) and radius can be calculated as,
Since given triangle is a right angle isosceles inscribed in the circle so ,
BC will be diameter as shown in the figure and AB= AC ,
Now BC= 2r = 6 unit
Now in right angle triangle BAC ,