"A circle lies in an X-Y plane, with its center at (1, -3). If the distance between the X-intercepts of the circle is 8 units, what is the area of the circle?"
9PI
16PI
25PI
36PI
64PI
9PI
16PI
25PI
36PI
64PI
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gmatmachoman wrote:"A circle lies in an X-Y plane, with its center at (1, -3). If the distance between the X-intercepts of the circle is 8 units, what is the area of the circle?"
9PI
16PI
25PI
36PI
64PI
How did you deduce (5, 0) and (-3, 0) can't it be something elseM811 wrote:gmatmachoman wrote:"A circle lies in an X-Y plane, with its center at (1, -3). If the distance between the X-intercepts of the circle is 8 units, what is the area of the circle?"
9PI
16PI
25PI
36PI
64PI
Center (1,-3)
X intercepts will be (5,0) and (-3,0)
since (5,0) and (-3,0) are two points on the circle, hence the distance between them will be equal to
radius of the circle
sqrt (4^2 + 3^2) = 5 => radius
Therefore Area - 25PI
GauravMalhotra wrote:How did you deduce (5, 0) and (-3, 0) can't it be something elseM811 wrote:gmatmachoman wrote:"A circle lies in an X-Y plane, with its center at (1, -3). If the distance between the X-intercepts of the circle is 8 units, what is the area of the circle?"
9PI
16PI
25PI
36PI
64PI
Center (1,-3)
X intercepts will be (5,0) and (-3,0)
since (5,0) and (-3,0) are two points on the circle, hence the distance between them will be equal to
radius of the circle
sqrt (4^2 + 3^2) = 5 => radius
Therefore Area - 25PI
gmatmachoman wrote:"A circle lies in an X-Y plane, with its center at (1, -3). If the distance between the X-intercepts of the circle is 8 units, what is the area of the circle?"
9PI
16PI
25PI
36PI
64PI
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