What is the radius of a circle whose equation is x2+y2+8x−6y+21=0?
What is the center of a circle whose equation is x2 + y2 + 4x – 8y + 11 = 0?
Which equation represents a circle that contains the point (–5, –3) and has a center at (–2, 1)? Distance formula:

Which point is on the circle centered at the origin with a radius of 5 units?Distance formula:



Mrs. Culland is finding the center of a circle whose equation is x2 + y2 + 6x + 4y – 3 = 0 by completing the square. Her work is shown.x2 + y2 + 6x + 4y – 3 = 0x2 + 6x + y2 + 4y – 3 = 0(x2 + 6x) + (y2 + 4y) = 3(x2 + 6x + 9) + (y2 + 4y + 4) = 3 + 9 + 4
Which equation represents a circle with a center at (–3, –5) and a radius of 6 units?
Which equation represents a circle that contains the point (–2, 8) and has a center at (4, 0)?Distance formula:

Which explains how to find the radius of a circle whose equation is in the form x2 + y2 = z?
A sprinkler is designed to water a circular area that has a radius of 7 feet. The sprinkler is located at (0,0) on a lawn. A flowerbed is planted 3 feet east and 6 feet south of the sprinkler.Determine if the distance from the flowerbed to the sprinkler places the flowerbed on or within the circular area that this sprinkler can water.
What is the center of a circle whose equation is x2 + y2 – 12x – 2y + 12 = 0?
Distance formula:





In the diagram, a circle centered at the origin, a right triangle, and the Pythagorean theorem are used to derive the equation of a circle, x2 + y2 = r2.
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