题目
A circle has equation and a straight line has equation . The line intersects the circle at two points.
(a) Find the coordinates of these two points of intersection.
(b) The circle has centre and the two points of intersection are denoted by and .
Find the area of the triangle .
题目中文翻译
一个圆的方程为 ,一条直线的方程为 。该直线与圆相交于两点。
(a) 求这两个交点的坐标。
(b) 该圆的圆心为 ,两个交点分别记为 和 。
求三角形 的面积。
解答
(a)
解法一
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把直线方程改写成 ,代入圆的方程。解出两个横坐标后,再回代求纵坐标。
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Completing the square gives . With , this becomes
The line gives when and when . The intersection points are and .
(b)
解法一
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圆心与交点 的纵坐标相同。以这两点之间的水平线段为底,另一个交点到这条水平线的距离就是高。
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The circle has centre . The base from to has length . The perpendicular height of above that base line is . Hence the area is .