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tillsydillsy22

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Hi, i was just wondering how do you find the radius of a circle when just given the centre and a point that it passes through??
e.g.
find the radius of each circle:
a) centre (-2,5), passes through the point (6,11)

i'm so stuck!!
I tried working backwards but failed mmm
 

Timothy.Siu

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u can find the distance from the centre to the point, because that will be the radius.

For a circle, any distance from the centre to any point on the circle is the same, which is the radius. =)

so u can just use the distance formula.
 

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