SOLUTION: can you find the center of the circle with these three points: (-8,5) (-14,-1) and (-2,-1)?

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Question 400008: can you find the center of the circle with these three points: (-8,5) (-14,-1) and (-2,-1)?

Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, MathLover1:
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi
Pt(-8,-1) is the center of the circle, radius of 6


Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Lemme tell u a short cut :
whenever u see same or same in a of points, you can be sure that it a triangle formed by the points.
And the of of the hypotenuse of triangle
In this case see (-14,-1) and (-2,-1)

Mid point = (10+(-4))/2 , (3+3)/2)
= (3,3)
Mid point = (-14+(-2))/2 , (-1+(-1))/2=-16/2,-2/2 =-8 , -1
Hence (-8 , -1) is the center of the circle

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