Common Core: High School - Geometry : Derive Circle Equation: CCSS.Math.Content.HSG-GPE.A.1

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Example Question #11 : Derive Circle Equation: Ccss.Math.Content.Hsg Gpe.A.1

What is the equation of the circle shown below?

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the equation, we must find the coordinates of the center of the circle.

If we look at the picture,

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we can see that the center is at  

The next step it to find the radius. From looking at the picture, we can see that the radius is 6. With this information, we can plug it into the general circle equation.

The general circle equation is

 

Now we substitute for , , and  

We plug in the values, we get 

Example Question #12 : Expressing Geometric Properties With Equations

What is the equation of the circle shown below?

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the equation, we must find the coordinates of the center of the circle.

If we look at the picture,
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we can see that the center is at 

The next step it to find the radius. From looking at the picture, we can see that the radius is 2.

With this information, we can plug it into the general circle equation.

The general circle equation is

Now we substitute for , , and
We plug in the values, we get

 

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