Question

On a coordinate plane, the center of a circle P is at the point (2, 15) . Point M is located on the circle at (7, 3). Which equation describes circle P?

Answer 1

Answer: (x - 2)^2 + (y - 15)^2 = 13^2

Explanation:

We know that the general equation for a circle is:

(x - a)^2 + (y - b)^2 = R^2

Where:

(a, b) is the center of the circle

R is the radius of the circle.

First, we know that the center of the circle is the point P, (2, 15)

Now, we also know that point M, (7, 3), is located at the circle.

Then we know that the radius of the circle will be equal to the distance between point P and point M.

Remember that the distance between two points (a, b) and (c, d) is:

Distance = √( (a - c)^2 + (b - d)^2)

Then in our case, we have:

Distance = √( (2 - 7)^2 + (15 - 3)^2) = √(25 + 144) = 13

This means that the radius of the circle is R = 13.

Now we know the radius of the circle and the center of the circle, then we can write the equation of the circle as:

(x - 2)^2 + (y - 15)^2 = 13^2