题目
A diameter of a circle has end-points at and .
(a) Find an equation of the circle.
(b) The line with equation intersects the circle at the points and .
Find the exact distance . Give your answer in the form , where and are both integers greater than .
题目中文翻译
一个圆的一条直径的两个端点为 和 。
(a) 求该圆的方程。
(b) 直线 与该圆交于点 和 。
求距离 的精确值。答案写成 的形式,其中 和 都是大于 的整数。
原卷通用作答要求
Answer all questions. You should use a calculator where appropriate.
You must show all necessary working clearly; no marks will be given for unsupported answers from a calculator.
Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
请回答所有题目。适当时应使用计算器。必须清楚展示所有必要的计算过程;仅给出计算器答案而没有过程,不予评分。除非题目另有精度要求,非精确数值答案保留 3 位有效数字,以度为单位的角度保留 1 位小数。
解答
(a)
解法一
思路
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直径的中点是圆心。用圆心到一个端点的距离平方写标准方程。
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The centre is , the midpoint of and . The squared radius is , so the equation is
(b)
解法一
思路
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把直线代入圆方程求两个交点,再用两点距离公式。
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With , the circle equation becomes . Thus
The points are and . Therefore their separation is