First of all, you need to know what a 'solution' is, so you'll know it when you see it.
A 'solution' to an equation is a number, or a set of numbers, that you can write in place of the variables (the letters), and when you do that, the equation will have only numbers in it, and it'll be a true statement.
Your equation has two variables in it ... 'x' and 'y' . In order to find just a single set of numbers for what both of them must be, you would need two equations.
The way it stands now, with only one equation, there are actually an infinite number of solutions. Each solution is a pair of numbers ... one for 'x' and one for 'y' ... and if you write them into the equation in place of 'x' and 'y', then the equation is a true statement. I'll show you how to tell if a pair of numbers is a solution or not.
Here's what that looks like:
Say I give you two pairs of numbers, and I tell you that both of them are solutions to your equation. The 'solutions' I give you are
x=0 y=1 and x=2 y=3 .
You don't trust me, and you say to me "Wait just a minute there, dude ! Not so fast. I'll need to check them out and see if those are really solutions to my equation."
You take the first pair and write it into your equation: x=1, y=0 9x - 7y = -7 9(0) - 7(1) = -7 0 - 7 = -7 -7 = -7 OK. That's a true statement. So x=0, y=1 is a solution.
Now check the other one I gave you: x=2, y=3 9x - 7y = -7 9(2) - 7(3) = -7 18 - 21 = -7 -3 = -7 This is NOT a true statement. So x=2, y=3 is NOT a solution to your equation. I pulled a fast one on you. If I was charging you money for solutions, then you would not pay me for this one, because it's not a solution.
The diameter is twice the radius. Therefore, as the radius is half the circle it's 8. Since the diameter is 8 for the second one you just half it. Which equals 4.
