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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how can you illustrate the definition of a circle?

OpenStudy (turingtest):

|dw:1319140308246:dw|her is our circle of radius r...

OpenStudy (turingtest):

|dw:1319140421352:dw|Notice that for any point on the circle we can apply the pythagorean theorem and show that \[x^2+y^2=r^2 \]

OpenStudy (turingtest):

This drawing shows that this holds true for any point. Here I have P and Q as examples:|dw:1319140577354:dw|Hence the definition of a circle of radius r is the set of all points such that \[x^2+y^2=r^2\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Nice drawings! haha

OpenStudy (anonymous):

another definition of a circle is the set of all points equidistant from a given point

OpenStudy (turingtest):

Yeah but it said "illustrate" so I did

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