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What is an equation that relates all the x- and y- coordinates of points that
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document.write( "Let P(x,y) be an arbitrary point on circle M.  The right triangle with\r\n" );
document.write( "legs x and y, hypotenuse 5, and vertex P(x,y) can be drawn anywhere on the\r\n" );
document.write( "circle.  So the equation that holds for all points on the circle is the\r\n" );
document.write( "Pythagorean theorem, using x and y for the legs and 5 for the hypotenuse.\r\n" );
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document.write( "x2 + y2 = 52\r\n" );
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document.write( "x2 + y2 = 25\r\n" );
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