Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A garden plan puts the origin at the gate, with and measured in metres. A round pond has its centre at and radius metres. Write the equation of the pond edge in the form . Then decide whether a bench at is inside the pond, by finding the number at the bench. A negative number means inside.
The circle with centre and radius is . Opening the brackets gives with centre and radius .
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The standard form. .
Step 2. The general form. Open the brackets: . So . Here , and .
Step 3. The bench. At the expression is .
Answer: , , , and the value at the bench is . It is negative, so the bench is inside the pond. Check: the distance from to is metres, which is less than metres.
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