The points of intersection of the two ellipses ${ x }^{ 2 }+2{ y }^{ 2 }-6x-12y+23=0$ and $4{ x }^{ 2 }+2{ y }^{ 2 }-20x-12y+35=0$
- lies on a circle centered at $\displaystyle \left( \frac { 8 }{ 3 } ,3 \right) $ and of radius $\displaystyle \frac { 1 }{ 3 } \sqrt { \frac { 47 }{ 2 } } $
- lies on a circle centered at $\displaystyle \left( -\frac { 8 }{ 3 } ,-3 \right) $ and of radius $\displaystyle \frac { 1 }{ 3 } \sqrt { \frac { 47 }{ 2 } } $
- lies on a circle centered at $\displaystyle \left( 8,9 \right) $ and of radius $\displaystyle \frac { 1 }{ 3 } \sqrt { \frac { 47 }{ 3 } } $
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are not cyclic
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Explanation
If ${ S } _{ 1 }=0$ and ${ S } _{ 2 }=0$ are the equations, then $\lambda { S } _{ 1 }+{ S } _{ 2 }=0$ is a second degree curve passing through the points of intersection of ${ S } _{ 1 }=0$ and ${ S } _{ 2 }=0$
$\Rightarrow \left( \lambda +4 \right) { x }^{ 2 }+2\left( \lambda +1 \right) { y }^{ 2 }-2\left( 3\lambda +10 \right) x-12\left( \lambda +1 \right) y+\left( 23\lambda +35 \right) =0$
For it to be a circle, choose $\lambda$ such that the coefficients of ${ x }^{ 2 }$ and ${ y }^{ 2 }$ are equal:
$\Rightarrow \lambda +4=2\lambda +2\Rightarrow \lambda =2$
This gives the equation of the circle as
$\displaystyle 6\left( { x }^{ 2 }+{ y }^{ 2 } \right) -32x-36y+81=0$ (Using (1))
$\displaystyle \Rightarrow { x }^{ 2 }+{ y }^{ 2 }-\frac { 16 }{ 3 } x+6y+\frac { 27 }{ 2 } =0$
Its center is $\displaystyle C\left( \frac { 8 }{ 3 } ,3 \right) $ and radius is $\displaystyle r=\sqrt { \frac { 64 }{ 9 } +9-\frac { 27 }{ 2 } } =\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \sqrt { \frac { 47 }{ 2 } } $