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XAT 2019 Coordinate Geometry — Previous Year Question

Paper

XAT 2019

Section

Quantitative

Topic

Coordinate Geometry

Difficulty

Medium

Question

XAT 2019

Let C be a circle of radius 20\sqrt{20} cm. Let L1, L2 be the lines given by 2x−y−1=02x - y - 1 = 0 and x+2y−18=0x + 2y - 18 = 0, respectively. Suppose that L1 passes through the center of C and that L2 is tangent to C at the point of intersection of L1 and L2. If (a,b)(a,b) is the center of C, which of the following is a possible value of a+ba + b?

11

17

8

20

14

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