The total distance will be 8685.2 kilo meters if she travelled by plane
"determine the location" or namely, is it inside the circle, outside the circle, or right ON the circle?
well, we know the center is at (1,-5) and it has a radius of 5, so the distance from the center to any point on the circle will just be 5, now if (4,-1) is less than that away, is inside, if more than that is outiside and if it's exactly 5 is right ON the circle.
well, we can check by simply getting the distance from the center to the point (4,-1).
![\bf ~~~~~~~~~~~~\textit{distance between 2 points} \\\\ \stackrel{center}{(\stackrel{x_1}{1}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{-5})}\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{4}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{-1})\qquad \qquad d = \sqrt{( x_2- x_1)^2 + ( y_2- y_1)^2} \\\\\\ d = \sqrt{[4-1]^2+[-1-(-5)]^2}\implies d=\sqrt{(4-1)^2+(-1+5)^2} \\\\\\ d = \sqrt{3^2+4^2}\implies d =\sqrt{9+16}\implies d=\sqrt{25}\implies \stackrel{\textit{right on the circle}}{d = 5}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20~~~~~~~~~~~~%5Ctextit%7Bdistance%20between%202%20points%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%20%5Cstackrel%7Bcenter%7D%7B%28%5Cstackrel%7Bx_1%7D%7B1%7D~%2C~%5Cstackrel%7By_1%7D%7B-5%7D%29%7D%5Cqquad%20%28%5Cstackrel%7Bx_2%7D%7B4%7D~%2C~%5Cstackrel%7By_2%7D%7B-1%7D%29%5Cqquad%20%5Cqquad%20d%20%3D%20%5Csqrt%7B%28%20x_2-%20x_1%29%5E2%20%2B%20%28%20y_2-%20y_1%29%5E2%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%20d%20%3D%20%5Csqrt%7B%5B4-1%5D%5E2%2B%5B-1-%28-5%29%5D%5E2%7D%5Cimplies%20d%3D%5Csqrt%7B%284-1%29%5E2%2B%28-1%2B5%29%5E2%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%20d%20%3D%20%5Csqrt%7B3%5E2%2B4%5E2%7D%5Cimplies%20d%20%3D%5Csqrt%7B9%2B16%7D%5Cimplies%20d%3D%5Csqrt%7B25%7D%5Cimplies%20%5Cstackrel%7B%5Ctextit%7Bright%20on%20the%20circle%7D%7D%7Bd%20%3D%205%7D)
First write it in vertex form :-
y= a(x - 2)^2 + 3 where a is some constant.
We can find the value of a by substituting the point (0.0) into the equation:-
0 = a((-2)^2 + 3
4a = -3
a = -3/4
so our equation becomes y = (-3/4)(x - 2)^2 + 3
Answer:
Because the line is the shortest path between 2 points