Stage 30 · Analytic Geometry

30.4.1 What Path Is a Circle?

30.4 The Circle: Equation and Positional Relationships

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30.4.1 What Path Is a Circle?

Core idea

Pin one end of a string and swing the other end full around, and every point at the same distance r from the center traces a circle.

Module goal. Write the set of points equidistant from a fixed point as an equation, master the circle's two forms, and judge tangency and intersection with lines and other circles.
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