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3.03 Graphs of circles

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Graphs of circles
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a

Plot four points such that they are all exactly 4 units away from the origin.

b

What shape is formed by connecting these points with four straight lines?

c

As the number of points we plot and connect gets larger and larger, what shape will be formed?

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Consider the graph of the circle shown below:

Complete the statement:

Every point on the circle is exactly ⬚ units away from the point (⬚ ,⬚).

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Consider the graph of the circle shown below:

a

State the coordinates of the centre.

b

State the length of the diameter.

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How many points lie on the graph of the following equations:

a

x^{2} + y^{2} = 0

b

x^{2} + y^{2} = - 81

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Consider the circle with equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 49.

a

What is the diameter of the circle?

b

Find the y-values of the points on the circle that have an x-coordinate of 1.

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Is the point (- 4, 2) inside, outside or on the circle with equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 21?

7

How many x-intercepts does the circle \left(x - 7\right)^{2} + \left(y - 1\right)^{2} = 4 have?

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The circle \left(x - 3\right)^{2} + \left(y + 1\right)^{2} = 9 is inscribed (fitted exactly) inside a square. What are the coordinates of the vertices of the square?

Equations of circles
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State the equation of the following circle:

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Consider the circle with centre (0, 0) that passes through the point (5, - 10).

a

Find the radius of the circle.

b

Find the equation of the circle.

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A circle with centre \left(0, 0\right) has an x-intercept at \left(6, 0\right).

a

Find the equation of the circle.

b

Find the exact area enclosed by the circle.

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For each of the following equations, find:

i
The coordinates of the centre of the circle.
ii
The radius of the circle.
a
\left(x + 3.1\right)^{2} + \left(y - \dfrac{3}{2}\right)^{2} = \dfrac{9}{16}
b
\left(x - 6\right)^{2} + \left(y - 6\right)^{2} = 12
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Consider a circle with centre at \left(5, 4\right) and radius 4.

a

State the coordinates of the points on the circle that are immediately north and south of the centre.

b

State the coordinates of the points on the circle that are immediately east and west of the centre.

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The equation of a circle is given by x^{2} + \left(y - 3\right)^{2} = 9.

a

State the coordinates of the centre of this circle.

b

What is the radius of the circle?

c

Find the y-intercepts.

d

Find the x-intercept.

e

Sketch the graph for the circle.

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For each of the following circles:

i

Sketch the graph.

ii

Find the equation of the circle.

a

Circle with centre at (3, 3) and a radius of 6 units.

b

Circle with centre at \left(0, 6\right) and a radius of 2 units.

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Write the equation of the circle with its centre at \left( - 5.7 , 0\right) and a radius of 3 units.

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If a circle of radius 8 is made to roll along the x-axis, state an equation for the path of the centre of the circle.

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Write down the equation of the new circle after x^{2} + y^{2} = 49 is translated:

a

5 units upwards

b

5 units downwards

c

5 units to the right

d

5 units to the left and 6 units upwards

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Consider the circle with centre (8, 6) and radius 8.

a

Write down the equation of the circle.

b

Does the circle pass through (0, 0)?

20

State whether the following are equations of circles:

a

\left(x + y\right)^{2} = 4

b

4 x^{2} + 5 y^{2} = 4

c

y^{2} = 2 + x^{2}

d

4 x^{2} + 4 y^{2} = 16

e

x^{2} + y^{2} = 4

f

y^{2} = 2 - x^{2}

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A circle centred at (7, - 8) has an x-intercept at (- 10, 0). Find the exact radius of the circle.

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Consider the circle with equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 16.

a

Find the radius.

b

Sketch the graph of the circle.

Centre and radius
23

For each of the following equations:

i

Find the centre of the circle.

ii

Find the radius of the circle.

iii

Graph the circle.

a
3 x^{2} + 3 y^{2} - 48 = 0
b
\left(x + 4\right)^{2} + \left(y - 2\right)^{2} = 25
c
\left(x + \dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{2} + \left(y + \dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{2} = \dfrac{9}{4}
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Consider the equation of a circle given by x^{2} + 4 x + y^{2} + 6 y - 3 = 0.

a

Rewrite the equation of the circle in the form \left(x - h \right)^{2} + \left(y -k\right)^{2} = r^2.

b

What are the coordinates of the centre of the circle?

c

What is the radius of the circle?

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Consider the equation of a circle given by x^{2} + y^{2} - 2 x - 10 y - 24 = 0.

a

Rewrite the equation of the circle in the form \left(x - h \right)^{2} + \left(y -k\right)^{2} = r^2.

b

What are the coordinates of the centre of the circle?

c

What is the radius of the circle? Express your answer in complexst surd form.

d

Find the y coordinates of the y-intercepts.

e

Find the x coordinates of the x-intercepts.

f

Sketch the graph of the circle.

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Consider the equation of a circle given by y^{2} + 2 y + 8 = 12 x - x^{2} + 7.

a

Rewrite the equation of the circle in the form \left(x - h \right)^{2} + \left(y -k\right)^{2} = r^2.

b

What are the coordinates of the centre of this circle?

c

What is the radius of this circle?

d

Sketch the graph of this circle.

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Sketch the graph of the circle x^{2} + y^{2} + 5 x - 3 y = 0.

Domain and range
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For the following circles with the given domain and range:

i

Sketch the graph of the circle.

ii

Find the equation of the circle.

a

Domain of \left[ - 3 \sqrt{5} , 3 \sqrt{5}\right] and a range of \left[ - 3 \sqrt{5} , 3 \sqrt{5}\right].

b

Domain of \left[2, 10\right] and a range of \left[ - 4 , 4\right].

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A circle has a radius of 1.5 and a centre at \left( - 12 , - 13 \right).

a

State the domain of the graph in interval notation.

b

State the range of the graph in interval notation.

c

Is the point \left( - 13 , - 22 \right) inside or outside of the circle?

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Consider the given equation x^{2} + y^{2} - 28 x - 20 y + 100 = 0.

a

Rearrange the equation into the form \left(x - h\right)^{2} + \left(y - k\right)^{2} = r^{2}.

b

State the domain of the graph in interval notation.

c

State the range of the graph in interval notation.

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Consider the equation x^{2} + y^{2} - 32 x + 30 y + 462 = 0.

a

Rearrange the equation into the form \left(x - h\right)^{2} + \left(y - k\right)^{2} = r^{2}.

b

State the domain of the graph in interval notation.

c

State the range of the graph in interval notation.

d

Determine whether the following points lie inside or outside of the circle.

i

\left(10, - 15 \right)

ii

\left(16, - 15 \right)

iii

\left(16, -12\right)

iv

\left(25, - 14 \right)

Semi-circles
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For each of the following equations:

i

Sketch the graph.

ii

State the domain in interval form.

iii

State the range in interval form.

a
\left(x + 5\right)^{2} + \left(y + 3\right)^{2} = 16
b
y = \sqrt{4 - \left(x + 6\right)^{2}}
c
y = - \sqrt{9 - \left(x + 3\right)^{2}} - 4
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The top half of a circle has the equation y = \sqrt{ - x^{2} - 24 x + 25} + 11.

a

Rearrange the equation into the form y = \sqrt{r^{2} - \left(x - h\right)^{2}} + k.

b

State the domain of the graph in interval notation.

c

State the range of the graph in interval notation.

d

Determine whether the following semicircles have the same domain and range:

i

y = - \sqrt{169 - \left(x + 12\right)^{2}} + 24

ii

y = - \sqrt{169 - \left(x + 12\right)^{2}} + 11

iii

y = \sqrt{169 - \left(x - 12\right)^{2}} - 11

iv

y = \sqrt{169 - \left(x - 11\right)^{2}} - 12

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For each of the following semicircles:

i

State the coordinates of the centre.

ii
Find the radius.
ii
Find the equation.
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A semicircle is described by the function y = \sqrt{64 - x^{2}}.

a

State the centre of the semicircle.

b

State the radius of the semicircle.

c

Hence sketch the graph of y = \sqrt{64 - x^{2}}.

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Consider the graph of the function shown below:

a

State the domain.

b

State the range.

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Find the equation of the following semicircles:

a

Lower semi-circle centred at \left(0, 0\right) with radius 5.

b

Right semi-circle centred at \left(0, 0\right) with radius 8.

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The top of a semicircle has a domain of \left[ - 10 , 2\right] and a range of \left[ - 2 , 4\right].

a

Sketch the semicircle.

b

State the equation for the semicircle in the form y = \pm \sqrt{r^{2} - \left(x - h\right)^{2}} + k.

Applications
39

A soccer match is being televised.

One of the cameras is mounted on a drone which is programmed to zoom in on the ball only when it is inside the centre circle.

The drone uses a coordinate system to track the position of the ball, where the origin is at the bottom left corner of the field and each unit corresponds to 1\text{ m}.

a

The centre of the centre circle is in the exact centre of the field. What are the coordinates of the circle's centre?

b

What is the radius of the centre circle?

c

State the equation for the circle.

d

State the domain of the circle in interval notation.

e

State the range of the circle in interval notation.

f

The drone can be programmed to only check a rectangular area of the field for whether the ball is within the centre circle or not. What is the smallest area that the drone could check for this task?

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Amy needs to use her school’s laser cutter to make a cork component for her design project.

Using technology to sketch the component, she knows that the intersection of two different sized circles inscribed on a piece of cork gives the shape that she wants.

Two such circles have the equations \left(x - 12\right)^{2} + \left(y - 8\right)^{2} = 49 and

\left(x - 20\right)^{2} + \left(y - 8\right)^{2}= 36, where each unit is 1\text{ cm} and \left(0, 0\right) is the bottom left corner of the given piece of cork.

a

State the domain and range of the leftmost circle in interval notation.

b

State the domain and range of the rightmost circle in interval notation.

c

What is the width of the component that Amy wants to make?

d

Find the least area of material that could be used to make Amy's shape, considering the following constraints:

  • The laser cutter will only accept rectangular pieces of material.

  • The height of the intersection is 10.17\text{ cm}.

  • There also needs to be a gap of at least 1 cm between any cut and the edge of the piece.

e

If the bottom left corner of the rectangular piece in part (d) is now \left(0, 0\right), state the new equations of the two circles.

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