SOLUTION: There exist two circles that go through two points (1,3),(2,4) and are tangent to the Y-axis. Letting the radii of the circles be a, b implies that ab=___________ _____(?).

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Question 973001: There exist two circles that go through two points (1,3),(2,4) and are tangent to the Y-axis. Letting the radii of the circles be a, b implies that ab=_________________(?).

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The equation of the smaller of the two circles is



and the equation of the larger circle is



The radii are 1 and 5 respectively and the product is therefore 5

John

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