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Consider a family of circles which are passing through the point (–1, 1) and are tangent to x-axis. (h, k) are the co-ordinates of the centre of the circles, then the set of values of k is given by the interval

Options:
A .   12k12
B .   k12
C .   < k < 12
D .   k12
Answer: Option D
:
D
Since, circles are passing through the point (–1, 1) and touching X-axis, the equationof circles can be written as - 
(h+1)2+(K1)2=K2
h2+2h+22K=0
If h is real the Δ0
4- 4.1. (2 – 2K)  0
= 4 - 8 + 8k 0
= 8k 4
k12

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