document.write( "Question 197618: A diameter of a circle has endpoints at (-1,3) and (-1,-3) Find the area of the circle and please also graph it. \n" ); document.write( "
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From the given coordinates of the end points of the diameter, (-1,3) and (-1,-3), you can see that the diameter is 6 units.
\n" ); document.write( "This was found by:
\n" ); document.write( "\"D+=+y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D\" Substituting \"y%5B1%5D+=+3\" and \"y%5B2%5D+=+-3\", we get:
\n" ); document.write( "\"D+=+-3-3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"D+=+6\" so the radius, \"r+=+3\"
\n" ); document.write( "The area of a circle is found by:
\n" ); document.write( "\"A+=+pi%2Ar%5E2\" Substituting \"pi+=+3.14\" and \"r+=+3\" we get:
\n" ); document.write( "\"A+=+%283.14%29%283%5E2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A+=+%283.14%29%289%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28A+=+28.26%29\"sq. units.
\n" ); document.write( "To graph the circle, you first need to find the equation of the circle.
\n" ); document.write( "Using the standard form for a circle with center at (h,k) and radius r:
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x-h%29%5E2+%2B+%28y-k%29%5E2+=+r%5E2\" Substitute r = 3.
\n" ); document.write( "The center of this circle is located at (-1, 0), so making the appropriate substitutions, we get:
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x-%28-1%29%29%5E2%2B%28y-0%29+=+3%5E2\" Simplifying, we have:
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x%2B1%29%5E2%2B%28y%29%5E2+=+9\"
\n" ); document.write( "Now to graph this circle, you have to solve this equation for y and then graph the two solutions on the same coordinate plane.
\n" ); document.write( "Solving for y:
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x%2B1%29%5E2%2By%5E2+=+9\" Subtract \"%28x%2B1%29%5E2\"from both sides.
\n" ); document.write( "\"y%5E2+=+-%28x%2B1%29%5E2%2B9\" Expand the right side.
\n" ); document.write( "\"y%5E2+=+-%28x%5E2%2B2x%2B1%29%2B9\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y%5E2+=+-x%5E2-2x%2B8\" Now take the square root of both sides to get:
\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+sqrt%28-x%5E2-2x%2B8%29\" and \"y+=+-sqrt%28-x%5E2-2x%2B8%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Now we can graph these two solutions:
\n" ); document.write( "\"graph%28400%2C400%2C-5%2C5%2C-5%2C5%2Csqrt%28-x%5E2-2x%2B8%29%2C-sqrt%28-x%5E2-2x%2B8%29%29\"
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