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by dmateer25 » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:51 am
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As you can see from the image, the radius would have to be 4. Therefore, the maximum possible area would be 16pi
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by Tryingmybest » Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:25 pm
Actually the Catch here is the Cirlce doesnt have negative coordinates meaning the circle should lie in the first quadrant.

So the maximum radius can only be 4 for the circle to lie in I quadrant.
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by aditi_bc » Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:59 pm
I understand that the circle need to be in the first quadrant but fail to understand the logic behind radius=4 (& not 7). Could you pl explain further?
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:34 pm
aditi_bc wrote:I understand that the circle need to be in the first quadrant but fail to understand the logic behind radius=4 (& not 7). Could you pl explain further?
If the radius is 7, then the leftmost point on the circle will be (-3, 0), which violates the no negatives rule.
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