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Name: ____________________ Date: _______________ Period: _________

Whats in a Circle?

Follow the prompts below to discover new properties of circles. Be sure to
write all of your answers clearly and justify every answer.

1. Open up the first applet, the one from Math Open Reference. Play around with
the applet, making sure the Show Coordinates checkbox is checked. Move P
around to observe how the three different values change. Then uncheck the
Freeze radius checkbox and see how the relationship compares.

a. Why did they draw a triangle? What does it reveal about the relationship
between the radius and the values of x and y?



b. What do the values of x and y represent? What does the hypotenuse
represent?



c. What would be the x and y values if P was
(2,3)? What would r be?



d. What would x and y be if P was (-4,1)?
What would r be?



e. According to the applet, what is the basic
equation for a circle centered at (0,0)? Use the values of x and y in your
equation.



f. Using your equation, find the equation of the circle to the right.

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