A circle has a center that falls on the line #y = 5/6x +8 # and passes through #(9 ,8 )# and #(2 ,5 )#. What is the equation of the circle?
1 Answer
Nov 6, 2016
The equation of the circle is
Explanation:
Let
Then
The equation of the cicle is
Now we plug in the 2 points
and
Solving for a and b, we get
Then we calculate the radius
so, the equation of tthe circle is