Question Number 88656 by ajfour last updated on 12/Apr/20
Commented by ajfour last updated on 12/Apr/20
$${If}\:\:{AB}={BC}\:,\:{find}\:{radius}\:{r}\:. \\ $$
Answered by ajfour last updated on 12/Apr/20
$$\left({x}−{r}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +{y}^{\mathrm{2}} ={r}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\:\:{circle} \\ $$$${y}={x}^{\mathrm{2}} \:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:{parabola} \\ $$$$\left({x}−{r}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +{x}^{\mathrm{4}} ={r}^{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\:{x}^{\mathrm{3}} +{x}−\mathrm{2}{r}=\mathrm{0}\:\:\:\left({besides}\:{x}=\mathrm{0}\right) \\ $$$${say}\:{real}\:{root}\:{is}\:{x}={a}. \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\:{a}^{\mathrm{3}} +{a}−\mathrm{2}{r}=\mathrm{0}\:\:\:\:…..\left({i}\right) \\ $$$${eq}.\:{of}\:{line}:\:\:\:{y}=−\frac{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} \left({x}−\mathrm{2}{r}\right)}{\left(\mathrm{2}{r}−{a}\right)} \\ $$$$\mathrm{2}{r}+{x}_{{A}} =\mathrm{2}{a} \\ $$$${y}_{{A}} ={x}_{{A}} ^{\mathrm{2}} \:=\:\mathrm{4}\left({r}−{a}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${y}_{{B}} =\:\frac{{y}_{{A}} }{\mathrm{2}}=\mathrm{2}\left({r}−{a}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} ={a}^{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\:\:{a}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{4}{ar}+\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{0}\:\:\:….\left({ii}\right) \\ $$$$\&\:\:\:\:{a}^{\mathrm{3}} +{a}−\mathrm{2}{r}=\mathrm{0}\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:….\left({i}\right) \\ $$$$\left({i}\right)−\left[{a}×\left({ii}\right)\right]\:\:\:{gives} \\ $$$$\:\:{a}+\mathrm{4}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} {r}−\mathrm{2}{r}−\mathrm{2}{ar}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\:{a}^{\mathrm{2}} −\left(\frac{{r}}{\mathrm{2}}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}{r}}\right){a}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$${a}=\left(\frac{{r}}{\mathrm{4}}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{8}{r}}\right)+\sqrt{\left(\frac{{r}}{\mathrm{4}}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{8}{r}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}} \\ $$$${from}\:\left({ii}\right):\:\:\:\:\left(\mathrm{2}{r}−{a}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\:\left\{\frac{\mathrm{7}{r}}{\mathrm{4}}+\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{8}{r}}−\sqrt{\left(\frac{{r}}{\mathrm{4}}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{8}{r}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}}\:\right\}^{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:=\:\mathrm{2}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\:{r}\approx\:\mathrm{2}.\mathrm{65246}\: \\ $$
Commented by ajfour last updated on 12/Apr/20