Let the centre of a circle $C$ be $( \alpha , \beta )$ and its radius $r < 8$. Let $3 x + 4 y = 24$ and $3 x - 4 y = 32$ be two tangents and $4 x + 3 y = 1$ be a normal to $C$. Then $( \alpha - \beta + r )$ is equal to\\
(1) 7\\
(2) 5\\
(3) 6\\
(4) 9