1. A circle with center (-5, 2) is tangent to the y-axis. What is the radius of the circle? What is the equation of the circle?

Mathematics

1 answer:

Bess [88]2 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

1) The center lies on the vertical line x = -5 and the the circle is tangent to (touches in one place only) the y-axis. Thus, the radius is 5.

2) Starting with (x - h)^2 + (y - k)^2 = r^2 and comparing this to the given

(x - 4)^2 + (y + 3)^2 = 6^2

we see that h = 4, k = -3 and r = 6. The center is at (4, -3) and the radius is 6.

3) Notice that A and B have the same x-coordinate, x = 15. The center of the circle is thus (15, -2), where that -2 is the halfway point between the two given points in the vertical direction. Arbitrarily choose A(15, 4) as one point on the circle. Then the equation of this circle is

(x - 4)^2 + (y + 3)^2 = r^2 = 6^2, where the 6 is one half of the vertical distance between A(15, 4) and B(15, -8) (which is 12).

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