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Geometry Level 1

A circle with center on the origin passes through the point (5,12), what is its radius?


The answer is 13.

Marf Vergel Dalogdog by Marf Vergel Dalogdog , 24, Philippines

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3 solutions

SaiTeja Muddana
Jul 31, 2014

Its very simple...Find distance between two points... sqrt of ((5^2)+(12^2))=13

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Joseph Vitto
Aug 27, 2014

using a pythagorean triple, two legs have measures of 5 and 12, therefore the hypotenuse is 13 and that is the radius of the circle.

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Krishna Garg
Aug 9, 2014

Basically this is a right angled trianle wth base 5 cm and height 12 cm,so with Pythegorus theorem from centre to point 5,15 distance is 13 cm.So radius of circle is 13 cm Ans K.K.GARG,India

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