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A circle C of radius 1 touches the x-axis at A, with centre Q in the first quadrant. A tangent from O=(0,0) touches C at T. A point P on OT makes triangle OAP right-angled at A and its perimeter is 8.

A radius-1 circle $C$ touches the $x$ -axis at $A$ , with centre $Q$ in the first quadrant. A tangent from $O = (0, 0)$ touches it at $T$ . A point $P$ on this tangent makes $△ O A P$ right-angled at $A$ with perimeter 8. Find the equation of $C$ .

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The geometry gives $O A = 2$ and $Q A = 1$ , hence centre $Q = (2, 1)$ and radius 1.

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