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Question:
Form the differential equation of the family of circles in the first quadrant which touch the coordinate axes.
Answer:

Let radius of the circle is a

Now equation of circle in the first quadrant which touches the coordinate axes and having radius a is

(x-a)2 + (y-a)2 = a2 ................1

Now differentiate with respect to x

2(x-a) + 2(y-a)*(dy/dx) = 0

=> (x-a) + (y-a)*(dy/dx) = 0

=> (y-a)*(dy/dx) = -(x-a)

=> y*(dy/dx) - a*(dy/dx) = -x + a

=> y*(dy/dx) + x = a*(dy/dx) + a

=> y*(dy/dx) + x = a*{(dy/dx) + 1}

=> a = {y*(dy/dx) + x}/{(dy/dx) + 1} 

Now put the vaue of a in equation 1 , we get

[x - {y*(dy/dx) + x}/{(dy/dx) + 1}]2 + [y - {y*(dy/dx) + x}/{(dy/dx) + 1}]2 = [{y*(dy/dx) + x}/{(dy/dx) + 1}]2

After simplify it we get,

(dy/dx)2 * (x2 - 2xy) + (dy/dx)*(-4x2 + 2xy*(dy/dx)) + 4x2 + 2xy + y2 = 0

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