SOLUTION: Find an equation of the circle that has center −1,2 and passes through −5,6.

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Question 1087291: Find an equation of the circle that has center −1,2 and passes through −5,6.

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
equation of the circle is:
where and are coordinates of the center, and is a radius
if a circle has center (,), means and
so far we have:


and if passes through (,), use it to find




so, your equation is:





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