Name: ____________________ Date: _______________ Period: _________

Whats in a Circle 2

1. Open up the second applet, the one from Math Warehouse. Play around with the applet,
but make sure the Snap to Grid option is checked. This allows the points to be whole
numbers. Move both the center and the point on the circle and observe how the
equations above change.

a. What is the difference between each of the three equations?



b. What would happen if we took the square root of both sides? What formula would
we obtain?



c. What do each of the values x, y, and the numbers in the equations represent?



d. Why is this equation different from the basic one we found before?



e. Why does the equation work? Write at least two sentences explaining why.



f. Write the equation for a circle of any center
point.



2. The right triangle to the right has vertices A
(3,2) and B (5,6) (AB is the hypotenuse).

a. Find the equation of the circle passing through
B with center A. Then draw the circle.