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i figured out some just dont know how to do the rest

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(a) The unit circle is the circle centered at

image
image

with radius .

(b) The equation of the unit circle is

x2+y2=12

Correct: Your answer is correct. .

(c) Suppose the point P(x, y) is on the unit circle. Find the missing coordinate.

(i)    
P
image
1, Correct: Your answer is correct.
image


(ii)    
P
image
, 1
image


(iii)    
P
image
1,
image


(iv)    
P
image
, 1
image

 

asked Feb 22, 2016 in PRECALCULUS by anonymous

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Step 1:

(a)

The unit circle is the circle with its center at the origin  and a radius of one unit.

Center of the unit circle is and radius is 1 unit.

Step 2:

(b)

The standard form of circle equation is .

For an unit circle: and .

Substitute the corresponding values in standard form.

Equation of unit circle is

Step 3:

(c)

(i)

The point lies on the unit circle.

Equation of unit circle is

Find the value of missing coordinate.

Find the value of y -coordinate for .

Substitute image in circle equation.

image

The point is image.

(ii)

Find the value of x -coordinate for image.

Substitute image in circle equation.

image

The point is image.

(iii)

Find the value of y -coordinate for image.

Substitute image in circle equation.

image

The point is image.

(iv)

Find the value of x -coordinate for image.

Substitute image in circle equation.

image

The point is image.

Solution:

(a) Center of the unit circle is and radius is 1 unit.

(b) Equation of unit circle is

(c)

(i) image.

(ii) image.

(iii) image.

(iv) image.

answered Feb 22, 2016 by Lucy Mentor

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