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Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
02-07-2019, 03:48 PM (This post was last modified: 02-07-2019 04:56 PM by kevin3g.)
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Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
The equations are y=2x+3 and (x+1)^2+y^2=55. I know you can put them in solve and find x and y twice, but is there a faster way?
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02-07-2019, 06:05 PM (This post was last modified: 02-08-2019 01:08 PM by Albert Chan.)
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
Midpoint of intersecting points is closest to the circle center, (-1,0), a line with slope -1/2

y = 2x + 3
y = -1/2*x -1/2 ; line passes circle center and midpoint
-> midpoint = (-1.4, 0.2)

Distance from midpoint to circle center = √(0.4² +0.2²) = √(20)/10 ~ 0.447
Distance from midpoint to intersecting points= √(55 - 20/100) = √(274/5) ~ 7.403

Distance between intersecting points ~ 2 * 7.403 ~ 14.8

Intersecting points = (-1.4 ± t, 0.2 ± 2t) for some t

t² + (2t)² = 5 t² = 274/5; matching distance square
t = ±√(274)/5

-> Intersecting points ~ (-1.4 ± 3.31, 0.2 ± 6.62) = (-4.71, -6.42) and (1.91, 6.82)
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02-07-2019, 06:13 PM (This post was last modified: 02-07-2019 06:15 PM by kevin3g.)
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
Is there a way I can subtract/use the answers I get from the solve function easily without having to retype them?

{-4.7106, 1.9106} {-6.4212, 6.8212}
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02-07-2019, 06:43 PM (This post was last modified: 02-07-2019 07:06 PM by ijabbott.)
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
(02-07-2019 03:48 PM)kevin3g Wrote:  The equations are y=2x+3 and (x+1)^2+y^2=55. I know you can put them in solve and find x and y twice, but is there a faster way?

I don't know if it is faster, but:

\[
y=2x+3, (x+1)^2+y^2=55 \\
(x+1)^2+(2x+3)^2=55 \\
x^2+2x+1+4x^2+12x+9=55 \\
5x^2+14x-45=0
\]

If the quadratic equation \(ax^2+bx+c=0\) has real roots, the roots are separated by \(\frac{\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{a}\), since \(\frac{-b+\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}-\frac{-b-\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a} = \frac{2\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a} = \frac{\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{a}\). This gives the \(x\) separation of the intersections, \(\Delta x = \frac{\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{a}\).

The \(y\) separation, \(\Delta y\) will be twice that since \(y=2x+3\), so \(\Delta y = 2\Delta x\) (and the \(3\)s cancel). The distance between the intersection points \(D = \sqrt{(\Delta x)^2 + (\Delta y)^2} = \sqrt{(\Delta x)^2 + (2\Delta x)^2} = \sqrt{5(\Delta x)^2} = \sqrt{5\left(\frac{\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{a}\right)^2} =\sqrt{5\left(\frac{b^2-4ac}{a^2}\right)} = \frac{\sqrt{5(b^2-4ac)}}{a}\).

Plugging in the coefficients of the quadratic equation, \(D = \frac{\sqrt{5(14^2- (4 \cdot 5 \cdot (-45)))}}{5} = \frac{\sqrt{5(196+900)}}{5} = \frac{\sqrt{5480}}{5} \approx 14.81\).

EDIT: Corrected mistake in \(c\) spotted by Albert Chan. \(c\) should be \(-45\), not \(-41\).

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02-08-2019, 12:33 AM (This post was last modified: 02-08-2019 02:31 PM by Albert Chan.)
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
Another way is to find angles of intersection.

Move the circle center to (0,0), line -> y' = 2(x' - 1) + 3 = 2x' + 1
Scale down to create a unit circle, line -> y'' = 2 x'' + 1√55

-> sin(z) = 2 cos(z) + 1√55

Use half angle formulas, t=tan(z/2), and let k=1√55:

2t/(1+t²) = 2 * (1-t²)/(1+t²) + k
2t = 2 - 2t² + k + kt²
(k-2) t² - 2t + (k+2) = 0

-> t = 0.6605, -1.7328
-> z = 66.89°, 239.98°

Distance between intersecting point = 2 r sin(Δz/2) = 2 √(55) sin(173.09°/2) ~ 14.8

Intersecting hi point = (√(55) cos(66.89°) - 1 , √(55) sin(66.89°)) ~ (1.91, 6.82)
Intersecting lo point = (√(55)cos(239.98°) - 1, √(55)sin(239.98°)) ~ (-4.71, -6.42)

Edit: this may be more accurate: |sin(Δz/2)| = |Δt| / √((1+t1²)(1+t2²))
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02-08-2019, 11:59 AM
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
You can see many examples, from ... http://www.hp-prime.de/files/composite_f...ages_m.pdf
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02-08-2019, 12:08 PM
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
(02-07-2019 03:48 PM)kevin3g Wrote:  The equations are y=2x+3 and (x+1)^2+y^2=55. I know you can put them in solve and find x and y twice, but is there a faster way?

Hey @kevin3g,
you can solve the system between the two equations and once you found the intersection points coordinates you apply the usual formula (c=sqrt(((x1-x2)^2)+((y1-y2)^2))) to find their distance Wink
Honestly I dont know if there is a faster way than that given.
Best,

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02-08-2019, 12:24 PM
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
More easy is ... https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=circle+and+line
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02-08-2019, 12:45 PM (This post was last modified: 02-08-2019 01:44 PM by Albert Chan.)
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
Distance from point (x0, y0) to line Ax + By + C = 0 is abs(Ax0 + By0 + C)/√(A² + B²)

-> Distance from circle center (-1,0) to y=2x+3 is abs(-2 + 0 + 3)/√5 = 1/√5

-> Distance between intersecting points = 2 * √(55 - 1/5) = 2 √(274/5) ~ 14.8
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02-08-2019, 01:05 PM
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
Continuing my previous post ...


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02-08-2019, 04:47 PM
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
(02-08-2019 12:45 PM)Albert Chan Wrote:  Distance from point (x0, y0) to line Ax + By + C = 0 is abs(Ax0 + By0 + C)/√(A² + B²)

-> Distance from circle center (-1,0) to y=2x+3 is abs(-2 + 0 + 3)/√5 = 1/√5

-> Distance between intersecting points = 2 * √(55 - 1/5) = 2 √(274/5) ~ 14.8

That's an elegant way to do it!

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09-04-2019, 10:16 PM (This post was last modified: 09-10-2019 12:50 AM by Albert Chan.)
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
(02-07-2019 03:48 PM)kevin3g Wrote:  The equations are y=2x+3 and (x+1)^2+y^2=55.

I just thought of a way, even if we do not know the distance for point to line formula.
At the end, I accidentally proved the "official" distance formula Smile

First, shift the coordinate so the point (in this case, center of circle), is the origin.

y = 2x + 3 = 2(x+1) + 1 = 2x' + 1

With this shifted coordinates, find where the line hit the axis.
In other words, find points on line, P=(0, y0), Q=(x0, 0).

Let h = distance of origin to the line.

Area ΔOPQ = ½ |x0 y0| = ½ |PQ| h

\(\large \mathbf{h = {|x_0 y_0| \over \sqrt{x_0^2 + y_0^2 }}}\)

But, we can do better !
Assume the line has form y = m x + c, we have (x0, y0) = (-c/m, c)

h = | -c²/m | / √(c²/m² + c²)

\(\large \mathbf{h = {|c| \over \sqrt{m² + 1}}}\)

For this example, h = |1| / √(2² + 1) = 1/√5

Distance of chord = \(\large \mathbf{2 \sqrt{r^2 - \frac{c^2}{m^2+1}}}\) = 2 √(55 - 1/5) ≈ 14.8

For prove of official distance formula, rewrite Ax + By + C = 0

A(x-x0) + B(y-y0) + (Ax0 + By0 + C) = 0

(y-y0) = (-A/B) (x-x0) - (Ax0 + By0 + C)/B

Matching pattern y' = mx' + c, then use h formula → \(\large \mathbf{ h= { |A x_0 + B y_0 + C| \over \sqrt{A^2 + B^2}}} \)
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09-06-2019, 05:16 AM (This post was last modified: 09-06-2019 05:21 AM by teerasak.)
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RE: Find distance between intersections of circle and line?
In CAS mode, use command
solve({y=2*x+3,(x+1)^2+y^2=55},{x,y})
then the calculator will return you 2 intersection points. Put that in a variable e.g m1
then use command
distance(m1(1),m1(2))
you will get the distance between two points


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