Chapter 1
Orienting Yourself: The Use of Coordinates
CBSE Class 9
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Question:

A computer graphics program displays images on a rectangular screen whose coordinate system has the origin at the bottom-left corner. The screen is 800 pixels wide and 600 pixels high. A circular icon of radius 80 pixels is drawn with its centre at the point A (100, 150). Another circular icon of radius 100 pixels is drawn with its centre at the point B (250, 230).
Determine:

(A) whether any part of either circle lies outside the screen.

(B) whether the two circles intersect each other.

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The visible screen is the rectangle 0x8000 \leq x \leq 800 , 0y6000 \leq y \leq 600.

(A) A circle lies entirely on the screen if its centre is at least rr pixels from every edge.

Circle 1: centre A(100, 150), r=80r = 80 .

Distance from left edge ( x=0x = 0 ): 10080100 \geq 80

Distance from right edge ( x=800x = 800 ): 70080700 \geq 80

Distance from bottom edge ( y=0y = 0 ): 15080150 \geq 80

Distance from top edge ( y=600y = 600 ): 45080450 \geq 80

So, circle 1 is fully inside the screen.

Circle 2: centre B(250, 230), r=100r = 100 .

From left: 250100250 \geq 100

From right: 550100550 \geq 100

From bottom: 230100230 \geq 100

From top: 370100370 \geq 100

So, circle 2 is also fully inside the screen.
Hence, neither circle has any part outside the screen.

(B) Two circles intersect if the distance between their centres satisfies r1r2dr1+r2|r_1 - r_2| \leq d \leq r_1 + r_2 .

AB=(250100)2+(230150)2=1502+802=22500+6400=28900=170 pixels.\begin{aligned} AB &= \sqrt{(250 - 100)^2 + (230 - 150)^2} \\ &= \sqrt{150^2 + 80^2} = \sqrt{22500 + 6400} \\ &= \sqrt{28900} = 170 \text{ pixels}. \end{aligned}

r1+r2=80+100=180.r_1 + r_2 = 80 + 100 = 180.

r1r2=80100=20.|r_1 - r_2| = |80 - 100| = 20.

Since 20<170<18020 < 170 < 180 , the distance between centres lies between the difference and sum of radii, so the circles intersect at two points.

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