SOLUTION: A tanker truck carrying hazardous chemicals overturned on a highway, possible spilling some  of its cargo.Everyone within a 2.5 mile radius of the spill must be evacuated. The map 

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Question 1086824: A tanker truck carrying hazardous chemicals overturned on a highway, possible spilling some  of its cargo.Everyone within a 2.5 mile radius of the spill must be evacuated. The map that safety workers are using
shows the spill site at coordinates (3, 8.5). Each unit of measurement is 1 mi. Write an equation that describes the boundary of the evacuation region.

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A circle of radius 2.5 centered at (3,8.5).
Start with the general equation of a circle centered at (h,k),



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