Question 1042619
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3 miles is the radius.  The diameter is twice the radius.


Streets, avenues, boulevards, places, drives, parkways, alleys, courts, etc.  so long as they are straight lines, and in the case of those representing secants, they intersect the circle in two places.  Also representing secants and tangents to the circle would be train and trolley tracks, and telephone or power lines.


A chord


Presuming city center is the origin, east is positive x, and north is positive y, then *[tex \LARGE (x\ -\ 2)^2\ +\ (y\ -\ 3)^2\ =\ 9]


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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