document.write( "Question 1186877: Find the equation of the circle touching the lines 3x + 4y = 12, 4x +3y = 9 and having its center on the line 3x + y = 7 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #817872 by ikleyn(52786)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! .\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "May be, it will sound unexpectedly to you, but there are TWO CIRCLES, satisfying the imposed conditions.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is because the two given lines form 4 (four, FOUR) angles in the coordinate plane.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "These 4 angles have two different straight lines, that are their angle bisectors - these two different\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "straight lines are perpendicular to each other.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The centers of the mentioned circles are intersection points of these two different lines \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(angles bisectors) with the third line 3x + y = 7.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, the problem in your post is posed/formulated INACCURATELY.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |