SOLUTION: can you please help me find the center and radius of a circle that has a diameter with endpoints (-11,-8) and (-3,-2)

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Question 386513: can you please help me find the center and radius of a circle that has a diameter with endpoints (-11,-8) and (-3,-2)

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the midpoint formula to find the center, (,)


Use the distance formula to find the diameter, .




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Then plug those values into the general equation for a circle centered at (,) with a diameter, :


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