JEE Mathematics 2025 Question with Solution

Given: The circle passes through $A(4,2)$ and $B(0,2)$, and its centre lies on $$ 3x+2y+2=0

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Find: The length of the chord whose midpoint is $$ (1,2)

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Let the centre be $(h,k)$. Since the circle passes through $A(4,2)$ and $$ B(0,2)

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(4-h)^2+(2-k)^2=r^2

$$and$$

h^2+(2-k)^2=r^2

$$Subtracting,$$

(4-h)^2-h^2=0

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16-8h=0

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h=2

Now the centre lies on $$ 3x+2y+2=0 $$, so

3(2)+2k+2=0

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8+2k=0

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k=-4

Hence the centre is $$ (2,-4) $$.

Using point $$ (4,2)

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r^2=(4-2)^2+(2+4)^2=4+36=40

So $$ r=2\sqrt{10} $$.

If $$ M(1,2)

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CM=\sqrt{(2-1)^2+(-4-2)^2}=\sqrt{1+36}=\sqrt{37}

$$Using chord length formula,$$

L=2\sqrt{r^2-CM^2}

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L=2\sqrt{40-37}

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L=2\sqrt{3}

Therefore, the length of the chord is **$$2\sqrt{3}$$**. The correct option is **B**.

Given: The circle passes through $(4,2)$ and $(0,2)$, and its centre lies on $$ 3x+2y+2=0

$$$$

Find: The length of the chord whose midpoint is $$ (1,2)

$$$$

From the equal distance of the centre from $(4,2)$ and $(0,2)$, we get the centre as $$ (2,-4)

$$$$

(x-2)^2+(y+4)^2=40

The midpoint of the required chord is $$ (1,2) $$. For a circle, the chord with midpoint $$ (x_1,y_1) $$ is given by

T=S_1

Substituting $$ (x_1,y_1)=(1,2) $$,

-(x-2)+6(y+4)=-3

$$which simplifies to$$

x-6y+31=0

The perpendicular distance of the centre $$ (2,-4) $$ from this chord is used with

L=2\sqrt{r^2-d^2}

$$The provided solution concludes after simplification that$$

L=2\sqrt{3}

$$Therefore, the correct option is **B**.$$

Note: The detailed HTML contains algebra in the chord-equation route that is not fully consistent numerically, but its final conclusion and the standard radius-midpoint method both give $2\sqrt{3}$.