0606 P23 - Nov 2025 - Q11 - 5 marks
A circle has equation \(x^{2}+y^{2}-25=0\).
A second circle has the same radius as the first circle, and the coordinates of its centre are both positive.
The two circles intersect at the points \(A\) and \(B\).
The line \(A B\) has length 6 and is parallel to the line \(y=-x\).
Find the equation of the second circle in the form \(x^{2}+y^{2}+a x+b y+c=0\), where \(a, b\) and \(c\) are constants.
0606 P13 - Nov 2025 - Q11 - 7 marks
The lines \(x=0\), \(x=4\), \(y=3\) and \(y=-1\) are tangents to a circle.
(a) Find the equation of the circle.
The line \(y=2x+a\), where \(a\) is a constant, is also a tangent to the circle.
(b) Show that \(5x^2+4(a-2)x+(a-1)^2=0\), and hence find the possible values of \(a\). Give your answers in exact form.
0606 P21 - Jun 2023 - Q11 - 9 marks
The line with equation
\(x+3y=k,\)
where \(k\) is a positive constant, is a tangent to the curve with equation
\(x^2+y^2+2y-9=0.\)
Find the value of \(k\) and hence find the coordinates of the point where the line touches the curve.
0606 P21 - Jun 2021 - Q5 - 8 marks
The curves
\(y=x^2 \quad\text{and}\quad y^2=27x\)
intersect at \(O(0,0)\) and at the point \(A\). Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line \(OA\).
0606 P22 - Jun 2018 - Q4 - 5 marks
Find the coordinates of the points where the line \(2y-3x=6\) intersects the curve
\(\frac{x^2}{4}+\frac{y^2}{9}=5.\)
0606 P21 - Nov 2017 - Q11 - 9 marks
The line \(y=kx+3\), where \(k\) is a positive constant, is a tangent to the curve \(x^2-2x+y^2=8\) at the point \(P\).
(i) Find the value of \(k\).
(ii) Find the coordinates of \(P\).
(iii) Find the equation of the normal to the curve at \(P\).