SOLUTION: The sides of a square are parallel to the coordinate axes. Its vertices lie on the circle of radius 5 whose center is at the origin. Find coordinates for the four vertices of this
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Question 965296: The sides of a square are parallel to the coordinate axes. Its vertices lie on the circle of radius 5 whose center is at the origin. Find coordinates for the four vertices of this square.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The square is centered about the origin.
The vertex makes an angle of 45 degrees to the x-axis so it lies on the line
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Substituting,
So the coordinates are,
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