A circle touches the y-axis at and passes through the point . Then the radius of the circle is
A circle touches the y-axis at and passes through the point . Then the radius of the circle is
Solution
When a circle touches the y-axis at point , it means the circle is tangent to the y-axis at that point. The center must be directly to the left or right of .
Since the circle also passes through , the center must be to the left of the y-axis.
Since the circle touches the y-axis at , the center is at where
The distance from center to the tangent point equals the radius:
Radius
The circle passes through , so the distance from center to also equals the radius.
Using the distance formula:
Since radius and :
Radius
The radius of the circle is units.
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