Question Number 213281 by ajfour last updated on 02/Nov/24
Commented by ajfour last updated on 02/Nov/24
$$\:\:\:\:{Find}\:{r}\:{in}\:{terms}\:{of}\:{a},\:{b}. \\ $$
Answered by mr W last updated on 02/Nov/24
$${say}\:{touching}\:{point}\:{from}\:{circle}\:{and} \\ $$$${parabola}\:{at}\:\left(\pm{p},\:{p}^{\mathrm{2}} \right). \\ $$$$\mathrm{tan}\:\theta=\mathrm{2}{p} \\ $$$${r}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\theta={p}\: \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{r}=\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{4}{p}^{\mathrm{2}} }}{\:\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${y}_{{c}} ={p}^{\mathrm{2}} +{r}\:\mathrm{cos}\:\theta={p}^{\mathrm{2}} +\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${eqn}.\:{of}\:{tangent}\:{line}: \\ $$$${y}=−\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} \left({x}−{a}\right)}{{a}+{b}}=\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}−\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} {x}}{{a}+{b}} \\ $$$${x}^{\mathrm{2}} +\left(\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}−\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} {x}}{{a}+{b}}−{p}^{\mathrm{2}} −\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} =\frac{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{4}{p}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{4}} \\ $$$${x}^{\mathrm{2}} +\left(\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}−{p}^{\mathrm{2}} −\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}−\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} {x}}{{a}+{b}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} =\frac{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{4}{p}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{4}} \\ $$$$\left[\mathrm{1}+\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{4}} }{\left({a}+{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }\right]{x}^{\mathrm{2}} −\frac{\mathrm{2}{b}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\left({a}+{b}\right)}\left(\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}−{p}^{\mathrm{2}} −\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\right){x}+\left(\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}−{p}^{\mathrm{2}} −\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} −\frac{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{4}{p}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{4}}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\Delta=\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{4}} }{\left({a}+{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }\left(\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}−{p}^{\mathrm{2}} −\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} −\left[\mathrm{1}+\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{4}} }{\left({a}+{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }\right]\left[\left(\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}−{p}^{\mathrm{2}} −\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} −\frac{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{4}{p}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{4}}\right]=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\left(\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}+{p}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left[\mathrm{1}+\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{4}} }{\left({a}+{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }\right]−\left(\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}−{p}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{0} \\ $$$${p}^{\mathrm{4}} −\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}\left(\mathrm{2}{a}+\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}\right){p}^{\mathrm{2}} +\left({a}^{\mathrm{2}} +\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{4}}\right)\frac{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} {b}^{\mathrm{4}} }{\left({a}+{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }−\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{p}^{\mathrm{2}} =\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left\{\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}\left(\mathrm{2}{a}+\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}\right)−\sqrt{\left[\left(\mathrm{2}{ab}+\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{3}} }{{a}+{b}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{4}{a}^{\mathrm{4}} −{a}^{\mathrm{2}} {b}^{\mathrm{2}} \right]\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{4}} }{\left({a}+{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }+\frac{\mathrm{4}{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}}\right\} \\ $$
Commented by mr W last updated on 02/Nov/24
Answered by ajfour last updated on 02/Nov/24
$${let}\:{center}\:{of}\:{circle}\:{be}\:{origin}. \\ $$$${y}−\left({b}^{\mathrm{2}} −{y}_{{c}} \right)=−\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} \left({x}+{b}\right)}{\left({a}+{b}\right)} \\ $$$$\mathrm{tan}\:\alpha=\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}} \\ $$$$\frac{{r}}{\mathrm{cos}\:\alpha}={b}^{\mathrm{2}} −{y}_{{c}} −\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{3}} }{{a}+{b}} \\ $$$${r}=\frac{\left({a}+{b}\right)}{\:\sqrt{{b}^{\mathrm{4}} +\left({a}+{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }}\left\{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} −{y}_{{c}} −\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{3}} }{{a}+{b}}\right\} \\ $$$${Eq}.\:{of}\:{parabola} \\ $$$${y}={x}^{\mathrm{2}} −{y}_{{c}} \\ $$$${circle}\:{eq}:\:\:{x}^{\mathrm{2}} +{y}^{\mathrm{2}} ={r}^{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\left({x}^{\mathrm{2}} −{y}_{{c}} \right)^{\mathrm{2}} +{x}^{\mathrm{2}} ={r}^{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${x}^{\mathrm{4}} −\left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{2}{y}_{{c}} \right){x}^{\mathrm{2}} +{y}_{{c}} ^{\mathrm{2}} −{r}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\bigtriangleup=\mathrm{0}\:\:\Rightarrow\:\:\left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{2}{y}_{{c}} \right)^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{4}\left({y}_{{c}} ^{\mathrm{2}} −{r}^{\mathrm{2}} \right) \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\:\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{4}{y}_{{c}} +\mathrm{4}{r}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{0} \\ $$$${since} \\ $$$${r}=\frac{\left({a}+{b}\right)}{\:\sqrt{{b}^{\mathrm{4}} +\left({a}+{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }}\left\{{b}^{\mathrm{2}} −{y}_{{c}} −\frac{{b}^{\mathrm{3}} }{{a}+{b}}\right\} \\ $$$${r}={k}\left(\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}−{r}^{\mathrm{2}} −\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}\right) \\ $$$${r}^{\mathrm{2}} +\frac{{r}}{{k}}−\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}+\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$${r}=−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}{k}}+\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}{k}^{\mathrm{2}} }−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}+\frac{{ab}^{\mathrm{2}} }{{a}+{b}}} \\ $$$${where}\:\:\:{k}=\frac{\left({a}+{b}\right)}{\:\sqrt{{b}^{\mathrm{4}} +\left({a}+{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }} \\ $$
Commented by ajfour last updated on 02/Nov/24
$${For}\:{a}=\mathrm{4},\:{b}=\mathrm{2} \\ $$$$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}{k}}=\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{16}+\mathrm{36}}}{\mathrm{12}}=\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{13}}}{\mathrm{6}} \\ $$$${r}=−\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{13}}}{\mathrm{6}}+\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{13}−\mathrm{9}+\mathrm{96}}{\mathrm{36}}} \\ $$$$\:\:\boldsymbol{{r}}\:=\frac{\mathrm{10}−\sqrt{\mathrm{13}}}{\mathrm{6}}\:\approx\:\mathrm{1}.\mathrm{06574} \\ $$$${y}_{{c}} =\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}+\frac{\mathrm{113}−\mathrm{20}\sqrt{\mathrm{13}}}{\mathrm{36}}\:=\frac{\mathrm{61}−\mathrm{10}\sqrt{\mathrm{13}}}{\mathrm{18}} \\ $$$$\:\:\boldsymbol{{y}}_{\boldsymbol{{c}}} \approx\:\mathrm{1}.\mathrm{3858} \\ $$
Commented by ajfour last updated on 02/Nov/24