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  • Oct 20, 2011, 08:24 PM
    nia008
    equation of circle
    what is the equation of circle whose center is (-3,-2) and passes through points(2,1)
  • Oct 21, 2011, 03:01 AM
    ahmad81
    The genera formula for circle equation is (x-a)^2+(x-b)^2=r^2
    such that (a,b) center of the circle and r is the radius. In this question there is no radius given.but we have the center and one point passes. Then the equation will be
    (x-(-3))^2+(y-(-2))^2=r^2... (1)
    now take the point (2,1), substitution x=2 and y=1 in(1), we have
    (5)^2+((3)^2=r^2
    25+9=r^2
    25=r^2
    r=5, we can't take another value for r because it is in negative and we deal with distance, then r=5.
    substitution r=5 in (1), we have
    (x-(-3))^2+(y-(-2))^2=5^2
    (x+3)^2+(y+2)^2=25
    Best wishes
    Mr.Ahmad Rababah
    Najran University
  • Oct 21, 2011, 05:47 AM
    ebaines
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  • Oct 21, 2011, 08:08 AM
    ahmad81
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  • Oct 21, 2011, 08:23 AM
    ebaines
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