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document.write( "a circle is drawn on a number plane with the centre at (3,2) the circumference passes thru (3,-2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the area of the circle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now I used the distance formula and found the radius to be the square root of -16!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The textbook solution says the radius is 4 units.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where did I go wrong?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Hi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a circle is drawn on a number plane with the centre at (3,2) the circumference passes thru (3,-2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the area of the circle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now I used the distance formula and found the radius to be the square root of -16!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The textbook solution says the radius is 4 units.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where did I go wrong?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">where did I go wrong? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "When you computed the distance, you got: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16+=+r%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16+=+r%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Looking at the equation, 16 IS NOT = r, but <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > instead. Therefore, you have to take the square root of 16 to find r. This is 4. Understand? </SPAN>\n" );
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