SOLUTION: Please help me with this equation. Find the equation for the circle with center (-5,4) and passing through (-4,-5) Thanks
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Question 690266
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Please help me with this equation.
Find the equation for the circle with center (-5,4) and passing through (-4,-5)
Thanks
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solver91311(24713)
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First, determine the measure of the radius using the distance formula with the two given points.
Then the equation of a circle centered at
with radius
is:
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Answer by
MathLover1(20850)
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to find the equation for the circle with center
(
,
)=(
,
) and passing through the point
(
,
)=(
,
)
first find the radius squared:
radius = distance from center to the point:
passing through (
,
)=(
,
)