PRECALCULUS

REVIEW

Related Terminologies and

Concepts

Cartesian Plane
Pythagorean Theorem
Completing the square

CIRCLE

What is a circle?
A two-dimensional curve such that each
point on the curve is the same distance
from a fixed point, called the center.
A set of points that are equidistant (the
same distance) from a certain point; this
distance is called the radius of a circle.

Circle

EQUATION OF A
CIRCLE

Circle whose
center is at the
origin

Circle whose center is at the

origin

Circle whose center is at the

origin

What will be the

equation of a
circle centered
on the origin
(0,0) with radius
of 4 units?

Circle whose center is at the

origin

Applying
the formula
Where: x,y are the coordinates of
each point and r is the radius.

Circle whose
center is not at
the origin

Circle whose center is not at the

origin

Circle whose center is not at the

origin

What will be
the equation
of a circle
with center
(2,-5), radius
3?

Circle whose center is at the

origin

Applying
the formula

Substituting the given values for h, k and r

we get:

Case in point

General Form

Going From General Form to

Standard Form

Using

the previous equation

how do we convert it into the

standard form like

Going From General Form to

Standard Form

To convert a general form

equation into standard form,
the complete the square
method.

Going From General Form to

Standard Form

Put together the x and ys

together on the left:

Going From General Form to

Standard Form
Now to complete the square we take half of
the middle number, square it and add it. (Also
add it to the right hand side so the equation
stays in balance!). And do it for x and y.

Going From General Form to

Standard Form
Simplify

Activity
Write the equation of circle for the following.
1. A circle whose center is at (2 , - 4) and radius 3.
2. A circle with a center of (2, -1) and a radius of 4.
3. A circle with radius of 9 and center of (-1, 1).
4. A circle whose center is at (-5, 4) and radius of 3.
5. A circle with radius of 4 and center of (3, 1).

Homework
In a sheet of yellow paper, Write an
equation of a circle given the following
information.
1. Center (0, 0); r = 7
2. Center (4, 3); r = 8
3. Center (5, 3); r = 2
4. Center (2,4); r = 4
5. Center (-7, 1); r = 15