Engineering
Mathematics
A Circle
Question

A circle is inscribed into a rhombus ABCD with an angle of 60°. The distance from the centre of the circle to the nearest vertex is equal to 1. If P be any point of the circle, then |PA|2 + |PB|2 + |PC|2 + |PD|2 is equal to

7

None of these

11

9

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Solution

ABCD is the rhombus with BA^D=60°                            

The diagonals cut at O at right angle.

Take OC as the axis of x and OD as the axis of y.

Given OD = OB = 1.

we have OA = OD cot 30° = 3  = OC

The radius OM = OA sin 30° = 32

the circle has equation x2 + y2 = 34

A, B, C, D are the points (3,0),  (0,1),(3,0),  (0,  1)

If P be the point (α, β), then

|PA|2 + |PB|2 + |PC|2 + |PD|2 is equal to

(α+3)2+β2+α2+(β+1)2+(α3)2+β2+α2+(β1)2

= 2 (α2 + 3) + 2α2 + 2(β2 + 1) + 2β2

= 4(α2 + β2) + 8

= 3 + 8 = 11 since α2 + β2 =34 or 4(α2 + β2) = 3.