document.write( "Question 1199589: Determine the distance from the curve x^2 + y^2 - 16y + 16x + 64 = 0 to point (6,4).
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document.write( "Apply completing the squares method and reduce the given equation to equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "     +  = 64.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is equation of the circle of the radius 8 units centered at point (-8,8) .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The point (6,4) is at the distance\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  =  =  = 14.56   (rounded)\r\n" );
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document.write( "from the center of that circle.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the distance from the given point to the circle is  14.56 - 8 = 6.56 units, approximately.\r\n" );
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