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The figure above shows a circular running track. The distance from the center of the track to the bleachers is 39 yards, and the distance from the edge of the track to the bleachers is 4 yards. Which of the following equations accurately models the running track if the bleachers are set at (0, 0)?
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Yeah Whoa Okay SCT mash members Next up more circles
- 00:06
for you The figure above shows a circular running track
- 00:09
like her horses probably The distance from the center of
- 00:12
the track to the bleachers is thirty nine yards and
- 00:14
the distance from the edge of the track The bleachers
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- 00:16
is four yards Which falling equations accurately models the running
- 00:20
track if the bleachers are set at zero zero So
- 00:25
let's think about this Well to hit the ground running
- 00:27
with this problem start by labeling the figure using the
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given measurements And that's how it works Right Like that
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Split that thirty nine yards segment into two segments breaking
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it at the point where it touches the edge of
- 00:37
the circle there And yeah that looks right Thirty five
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and four All right the radius of the circles Thirty
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five Keep in mind the standard form of a circle
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X minus H Y minus K R Yeah Okay And
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H K is the centre right That's the X and
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y coordinate center Well there's no horizontal shift so H
- 00:53
is zero and K is the vertical coordinate of the
- 00:55
center point Which means it's the why distance from the
- 00:58
origin which is zero zero right OK is the distance
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from the bleachers to the centre here which is thirty
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nine We also have to be careful with signs This
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why value is a positive thirty nine So plugging it
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in for K makes that term look like this Why
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minus thirty nine quantity squared Well finally R squared goes
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on the right side of the equation And here that's
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thirty five squared which is twelve twenty five Giving us
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X squared plus quantity Y minus thirty nine quantity squared
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equals twelve twenty five That's the equation of circle Its 00:01:27.79 --> [endTime] answer C lovely Have a fun run
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