Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Find the equation of the circle that is tangent to the line x-1=0 and x-6=0, and passes through the point (2,2).

since our two lines are parallel, the circle's diameter must be 6-1=5 (and so r=5/2) 
This means that the x-coordinate of the center must 1+5/2=7/2 
Next we can write: 
%28x-7%2F2%29%5E2%2B%28y-k%29%5E2=%285%2F2%29%5E2 
after solving we determine that k=0. 
therefore... 
%28x-7%2F2%29%5E2%2By%5E2=%285%2F2%29%5E2



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