Problem Set I

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I. Write the standard form of the equation of the circle that satisfies the following conditions.
1. Center at (0,0) ; radius = 9 units
2. Center at (-8,10) ; radius = √17units
3. Center at (0,-6) ; radius = 7 units
4. Center at (3,4) ; radius = 4 units
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5. Center at (1,-2) ; radius = units.
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II. Determine the center and radius of the circle given the following equations.
6. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 1
7. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 100
8. (𝑥 − 7)2 + (𝑦 − 4)2 = 2
9. (𝑥 + 5)2 + 𝑦 2 = 8
10. (𝑥 + 2)2 + (𝑦 + 9)2 = 121
III. Sketch the graph of the circles defined by the given equations.
11. 𝑥 2 + (𝑦 − 4)2 = 16 12.4(𝑥 − 1)2 + 4(𝑦 + 3)2 = 49

13. (𝑥 + 3)2 + 𝑦 2 = 64 14. (𝑥 + 1)2 + (𝑦 + 1)2 = 9

IV. Write the following equations in standard form.
15. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 4𝑥 − 4𝑦 − 41 = 0

16. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 6𝑥 + 5 = 0

17. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 2𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 98 = 0

18. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 8𝑥 + 6𝑦 − 11 = 0

V. Solve the following problems. Box your final answer.

19. What is the circumference of the circle with equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 6𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 6 = 0?
20. Find the standard form of the equation of the circle with center at (2,2). Given also is
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the midpoint of the segment joining the center of the circle and one of its point is ( , 4).
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21. The circle has a radius of 11 units and is centered at (4,7). What are the coordinates
of the points of the circle intersecting the:
a. X-axis
b. Y-axis

22. A single-lane street is 10 ft. wide and it passes through a semicircular tunnel with a
radius 9 ft. How high is the tunnel at the edge of each lane?

23. A seismological station is located at coordinates (2,3) on the map. If the epicenter of
the earthquake was determined to be 10 units away from the station,
a. Find the equation of the curve containing the set of all possible points where the
epicenter was located.
b. Graph the curve on the map.