SOLUTION: how do you find the equation of the circle that contains the points P(2,3) and Q(-1,8) and has the midpoint of the segment PQ as its center?

SOLUTION: how do you find the equation of the circle that contains the points P(2,3) and Q(-1,8) and has the midpoint of the segment PQ as its center?

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Question 293493: how do you find the equation of the circle that contains the points P(2,3) and Q(-1,8) and has the midpoint of the segment PQ as its center?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the midpoint (h,k).
The radius is the distance from the midpoint to either point.

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