SOLUTION: Determine the equation of a circle with center on the line x-y=5 and tangent to both coordinate axis.

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Question 959207: Determine the equation of a circle with center on the line x-y=5 and tangent to both coordinate axis.
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A circle tangent to both coordinate axes has one of these forms,




The center of these circles lie on either the line or .
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The blue line is a graph of .
The intersection of the green line and the blue line are the circle's center.






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