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Example Question #10 : How To Find The Equation Of A Circle

A square on the coordinate plane has as its vertices the points (0,0), (0, 6), (6,0),(6,6) . Give the equation of a circle circumscribed about the square.

Possible Answers:

$(x-3)^{2}+(y-3)^{2} = 36$

$(x-6)^{2}+(y-6)^{2} = 18$

$(x-6)^{2}+(y-6)^{2} = 36$

$(x-3)^{2}+(y-3)^{2} = 18$

$(x-3)^{2}+(y-3)^{2} = 9$

Correct answer:

$(x-3)^{2}+(y-3)^{2} = 18$

Explanation:

Below is the figure with the circle and square in question:

Circle on axes

The center of the inscribed circle coincides with that of the square, which is the point (3,3) . Its diameter is the length of a diagonal of the square, which is $\sqrt{2}$ times the sidelength 6 of the square - this is $6 \sqrt{2}$ . Its radius is, consequently, half this, or $3 \sqrt{2}$ . Therefore, in the standard form of the equation,

$(x-h)^{2}+(y-k)^{2} = r^{2}$ ,

substitute h = k = 3 and $r = 3 \sqrt{2}$ .

$(x-3)^{2}+(y-3)^{2} = \left (3 \sqrt{2} \right ) ^{2}$

$(x-3)^{2}+(y-3)^{2} = 3^{2} \left ( \sqrt{2} \right ) ^{2}$

$(x-3)^{2}+(y-3)^{2} = 9 \cdot 2$

$(x-3)^{2}+(y-3)^{2} = 18$

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Example Question #311 : Geometry

A square on the coordinate plane has as its vertices the points (0,0), (0, 8), (8,0),(8,8) . Give the equation of a circle inscribed in the square.

Possible Answers:

$(x-4)^{2}+(y-4)^{2} = 16$

$(x-8)^{2}+(y-8)^{2} = 32$

$(x-8)^{2}+(y-8)^{2} = 16$

$(x-8)^{2}+(y-8)^{2} = 64$

$(x-4)^{2}+(y-4)^{2} = 32$

Correct answer:

$(x-4)^{2}+(y-4)^{2} = 16$

Explanation:

Below is the figure with the circle and square in question:

Circle on axes

The center of the inscribed circle coincides with that of the square, which is the point (4,4) . Its diameter is equal to the sidelength of the square, which is 8, so, consequently, its radius is half this, or 4. Therefore, in the standard form of the equation,

$(x-h)^{2}+(y-k)^{2} = r^{2}$ ,

substitute h = k = 4 and r = 4 .

$(x-4)^{2}+(y-4)^{2} = 4^{2}$

$(x-4)^{2}+(y-4)^{2} = 16$

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Example Question #252 : Coordinate Geometry

Give the area of the circle on the coordinate plane whose equation is

$x^{2}+ y^{2}+ 4x- 8y -11 = 0$ .

Possible Answers:

$21 \pi$

$20 \pi$

$18 \pi$

$31 \pi$

$11 \pi$

Correct answer:

$31 \pi$

Explanation:

The standard form of the equation of a circle is

$(x-h)^{2}+(y-k)^{2} = r^{2}$

where is the radius of the circle.

We can rewrite the equation we are given, which is in general form, in this standard form as follows:

$x^{2}+ y^{2}+ 4x- 8y -11 = 0$

$x^{2}+ y^{2}+ 4x- 8y =11$

$\left (x^{2}+ 4x \right ) +\left ( y^{2}- 8y \right ) =11$

Complete the squares. Since $\left ( \frac{4}{2} \right )^{2} = 4$ and $\left ( \frac{-8}{2} \right )^{2} = 16$ , we do this as follows:

$\left (x^{2}+ 4x + 4 \right ) +\left ( y^{2}- 8y + 16\right ) =11 + 4 + 16$

$(x-2)^{2}+(y-4)^{2} = 31$

$r^{2}= 31$ , and the area of the circle is

$A = \pi r^{2} = 31 \pi$

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Example Question #253 : Coordinate Geometry

Which of the following is the equation of a circle with center at the origin and area $64 \pi$ ?

Possible Answers:

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = 128$

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = 8$

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = 64$

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = 16$

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = 32$

Correct answer:

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = 64$

Explanation:

The standard form of the equation of a circle is

$(x-h)^{2}+(y-k)^{2} = r^{2}$ ,

where the center is (h,k) and the radius is .

The center of the circle is the origin, so h = k = 0 , and the equation is

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = r^{2}$

for some .

The area of the circle is $64 \pi$ , so

$A = \pi r^{2} = 50 \pi$

$\frac{ \pi r^{2}}{\pi} = \frac{ 64 \pi}{\pi}$

$r^{2} = 64$

We need go no further; we can substitute to get the equation $x^{2}+ y^{2} = 64$ .

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Example Question #11 : Circles

Which of the following is the equation of a circle with center at the origin and circumference $64 \pi$ ?

Possible Answers:

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = 128$

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = 64$

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = 32$

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = 16$

None of the other responses gives the correct answer.

Correct answer:

None of the other responses gives the correct answer.

Explanation:

The standard form of the equation of a circle is

$(x-h)^{2}+(y-k)^{2} = r^{2}$ ,

where the center is (h,k) and the radius is .

The center of the circle is the origin, so h = k = 0 .

The equation will be

$x^{2}+ y^{2} = r^{2}$

for some .

The circumference of the circle is $64 \pi$ , so

$C = 2 \pi r = 64 \pi$

$\frac{2 \pi r }{2 \pi }= \frac{64 \pi}{2 \pi }$

r = 32

$r^{2}= 32^{2} = 1,024$

The equation is $x^{2}+ y^{2} = 1,024$ , which is not among the responses.

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Example Question #3 : How To Graph An Ordered Pair

Which point best represents the coordinate (2, 6) ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To get to (2, 6) , move right along the x-axis by , then move up on the y-axis by .

The sign in front of each number represents which direction to go on the x or y-axis starting at the origin (0,0) . If the number is positive you go right on the x-axis or up on the y-axis. If the sign is negative then you move to the left on the x-axis or down on the y-axis.

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Example Question #312 : Geometry

Which point best represents the coordinates (-2, 4) ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To get to (-2, 4) , move left on the x-axis by , then move up on the y-axis by .

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Example Question #313 : Geometry

Which point best represents the coordinate (0,3) ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To get to (0,3) , only move up by on the y-axis. Do not move along the x-axis because the x-coordinate is .

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Example Question #1 : How To Graph An Ordered Pair

Which point best represents the coordinate (2,2) ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To get to (2,2) , move right on the x-axis by then move up on the y-axis by .

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Example Question #2 : How To Graph An Ordered Pair

Which point best represents the coordinate (-5, -3) ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To get to (-5, -3) , move left on the x-axis by then move down the y-axis by .

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SSAT Upper Level Math : Geometry

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Upper Level Math

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Example Question #10 : How To Find The Equation Of A Circle

Example Question #311 : Geometry

Example Question #252 : Coordinate Geometry

Example Question #253 : Coordinate Geometry

Example Question #11 : Circles

Example Question #3 : How To Graph An Ordered Pair

Example Question #312 : Geometry

Example Question #313 : Geometry

Example Question #1 : How To Graph An Ordered Pair

Example Question #2 : How To Graph An Ordered Pair

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