A triangle has corners at #(4 ,6 )#, #(5 ,9 )#, and #(8 ,5 )#. What is the area of the triangle's circumscribed circle?
1 Answer
Explanation:
Because we only care about the square of the radius of the circle, we can shift all 3 points so that one of them is the origin:
We can use the general equation of a circle:
And the three new points
The other 2 equation are:
Substitute the left side of equation [1] into the right sides of equations [2] and [3]
Expand the squares:
Combine like terms and move the constant terms to the right:
Multiply equation [8] by -4 and add to equation [9]:
Use equation [9] to find the value of h:
Substitute the values of h and k into equation [1]:
The area of a circle is:
Substitute the value of