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Algebra.Com's Answer #621943 by josgarithmetic(39620) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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The size of the radius is 5, which you can find from y=-4 to y=1 using the given point on circle and the center point for the circle. (you could use the Distance Formula but that should not be needed here).\r
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