Answer:
Center (-2, 1), Radius 3
What is the distance from the midpoint of the circle to a point on the circle? It is 3 and not 9.
The total number of articles is 14 and only 7 can be published. Since what is asked is the ways to assemble the 7 articles, this is a permutation problem.
14P7 = <span>17297280 ways
If order is not of concern, the problem is just a combination problem
14C7 = </span><span>3432 ways</span><span />
Jason will be 36 and joan will be 27 years old.