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1.	A circle touches the X-axis and also touches another circle with centre at (0, 3) and radius 2. Then the locus of the centre of the first circle is
A.	a parabola
B.	a hyperbola
C.	a circle
D.	an ellipse
Answer» B. a hyperbola

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