Find the equation of the circle which circumscribes the triangle formed by the lines:
x + y = 2, 3x - 4y = 6 and x - y = 0
Given that we need to find the equation of the circle formed by the lines:
⇒ x + y = 2
⇒ 3x - 4y = 6
⇒ x - y = 0
On solving these lines we get the intersection points A(2,0), B(- 6, - 6), C(1,1)
We know that the standard form of the equation of a circle is given by:
⇒ x2 + y2 + 2ax + 2by + c = 0 .....(1)
Substituting (2,0) in (1), we get
⇒ 22 + 02 + 2a(2) + 2b(0) + c = 0
⇒ 4 + 4a + c = 0
⇒ 4a + c + 4 = 0 ..... (2)
Substituting (- 6, - 6) in (1), we get
⇒ (- 6)2 + (- 6)2 + 2a(- 6) + 2b(- 6) + c = 0
⇒ 36 + 36 - 12a - 12b + c = 0
⇒ 12a + 12b - c - 72 = 0 ..... (3)
Substituting (1,1) in (1), we get
⇒ 12 + 12 + 2a(1) + 2b(1) + c = 0
⇒ 1 + 1 + 2a + 2b + c = 0
⇒ 2a + 2b + c + 2 = 0 ..... (4)
Solving (2), (3), (4) we get
⇒ a = 2, b = 3,c = - 12.
Substituting these values in (1), we get
⇒ x2 + y2 + 2(2)x + 2(3)y - 12 = 0
⇒ x2 + y2 + 4x + 6y - 12 = 0
∴ The equation of the circle is x2 + y2 + 4x + 6y - 12 = 0.