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Find the number of common tangents to the circles $x^2+y^2-4x-6y-12=0$ and $x^2+y^2+6x+18y+26=0$.
Circle 1: centre $C_1=(2,3)$, $r_1=\sqrt{4+9+12}=5$.
Circle 2: centre $C_2=(-3,-9)$, $r_2=\sqrt{9+81-26}=8$.
Distance $|C_1C_2|=\sqrt{(2+3)^2+(3+9)^2}=\sqrt{25+144}=\sqrt{169}=13$.
Since $|C_1C_2|=13=r_1+r_2=5+8$, the circles are externally tangent. Externally tangent circles have exactly 3 common tangents.
If $\dfrac{1}{2^{11} \cdot 5^{17}}$ is written as a terminating decimal, how many nonzero digits will it contain?
Rewrite the expression to have a denominator that is a power of 10:
$\dfrac{1}{2^{11} \cdot 5^{17}} = \dfrac{1}{2^{11} \cdot 5^{17}} \times \dfrac{2^6}{2^6} = \dfrac{2^6}{2^{17} \cdot 5^{17}} = \dfrac{64}{10^{17}}$
So the decimal is $\dfrac{64}{10^{17}} = 0.\underbrace{00\ldots0}_{15}64$
The nonzero digits are $6$ and $4$ — that is, two nonzero digits.
Let $[x]$ denote the greatest integer $\leq x$. Find: $\displaystyle\lim_{x\to0}\dfrac{\tan(\pi\sin^2 x)+(|x|-\sin(x[x]))^2}{x^2}$
Split into right and left limits.
Right limit ($x\to0^+$): $[x]=0$, so $\sin(x[x])=0$, $|x|=x$.
$\dfrac{\tan(\pi\sin^2x)+x^2}{x^2}$. Using $\tan(\pi\sin^2x)\approx\pi\sin^2x\approx\pi x^2$:
$=\pi+1$
Left limit ($x\to0^-$): $[x]=-1$, $\sin(x[x])=\sin(-x)=-\sin x$, $|x|=-x$.
$=\dfrac{\tan(\pi\sin^2x)+(-x-(-\sin x))^2}{x^2}=\dfrac{\pi x^2+(\sin x-x)^2}{x^2}\to\pi+0=\pi$
Left $\neq$ Right, so the limit does not exist.
Runner A completed a distance of $\dfrac{4}{5}$ kilometer, while Runner B ran 800 meters. Compare the distances covered by each runner.
Quantity A: The distance Runner A ran
Quantity B: The distance Runner B ran
Convert both distances to the same unit.
Runner A ran $\dfrac{4}{5}$ km $= 0.8$ km $= 800$ meters.
Runner B ran $800$ meters.
Both runners covered exactly the same distance: 800 meters.
Therefore the two quantities are equal.
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