Nania Passey To solve for a perpendicular you must

March 6, 2018 multiply the original slope of m = 43 x by -1

Group Project - Revision and find the reciprocal of it.

Math 1050 Signature Assignment So the new slope is m = 43 (− 1) and its

reciprocal is m = − 34 x which is the new
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Problem: The line y = 4x + 5 is tangent to the slope.
circle at (0, 5) . The line 3x + 4y = 38 is tangent
to the same circle at (6, 5) . Find the equation of Then using y − y 1 = m( x − x 1 ) solve for the
the circle.
new y = mx + b equation that will be
perpendicular or 90 degrees from y = 34 x + 5
.

y 1 is
​ the y coordinate
x1 is the x coordinate
or
(0, 5) for this line.

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y−5= − 3 (x − 0) Plug into equation.
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y−5= − 3 +0 Multiply − 34 to x and 0
4
y= − 3x +5 Add 5 to both sides

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y= − 3x +5 This is the perpendicular
line.
Graph it. (​Figure 2 blue line​)
Figure 2

Figure 1

The first step in solving the problem is

graphing y = 34 x + 5 ​and (0, 5) as shown in
figure 1 as the red line. And the line
3x + 4y = 38 ​and (0, 5) as shown figure 1 the
orange line.

Then solve for the perpendicular line to

y = 43 x + 5 . The mathematical process is
shown;
The second step is solving this problem is Where y = − 34 x + 5 and y = 34 x − 3 cross
solving for the perpendicular line of the will be the center of the circle we are trying
second line 3x + 4y = 38 ​. But before doing to find the equation to.
so the line must be put into y = mx + b
form. How to solve for what that centers
coordinates are is the process of
3x + 4y = 38 substitution and elimination of two
− 3x − 3x perpendicular equations.
4y = − 3x + 38 Subtract − 3x from both
sides The two equations we need to find the
y = − 3
+ 38
Divide all parts of the solution for are y = − 34 x + 5 and
4 4
equation by 4 . y = 34 x − 3 .
3 38
y = − 4 + 4 It is now in y = mx + b
Take the two equations and add them
form.
together, the x terms will cancel. This
Now we need to solve for the perpendicular process is called elimination (where one
line to this line. The procedure will be similar term is canceled or taken away and one
to the previous perpendicular line process. term is left).
y = − 34 x + 5
The new slope for this perpendicular line will y = 34 x − 3 The − 34 x and 34 x cancel
be m = 34 x .
2y = 2 We then remain with this and then
Then using y − y 1 = m( x − x 1 ) solve for the divide by both sides by 2
new y = mx + b equation.
y=1 This is the y - coordinate
y 1 is
​ the y coordinate
x1 is the x coordinate Secondly, substitution is needed by
or substitution y = 1 into one of the two
(6, 5) for this line. equations y = − 34 x + 5 and y = 34 x − 3 .

y − 5 = 34 (x − 6) Plug into the equation. We will use y = 34 x − 3

y − 5 = 34 x − 24
Multiply 4
to x and − 6 (1) = 34 x − 3 Substitute 1 in the
4 3
24 ÷ 3 = 8 equation
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y = 34 x − 3 Add 5 to both sides 1= 3x − 3 Add 3 to both sides
4 4
4= 3x Divide by 3 to both sides
4 3 12
y = 34 x − 3 This is the new perpendicular x= 1 · 4 = 4 = 3 Simplify the equation
line.
Graph it.(​ Figure 3, Green line). x=3 This is the x - coordinate
The coordinates of the center is (3, 1) can The x and y represent a point on the
be shown in ​Figure 3​ as the center point in circle. We can use (0, 5) or (6, 5) to solve
orange. the equation of the circle as they have
already been given.

r= √ (0 − 3) 2
+ (5 − 1) 2 Plug in 3 for h
And 1 for k .
(0, 5) was chosen
to represent and
y

r= √(− 3) 2
+ (4) 2 Simplify.
r = √9 + 16 Simplify.
(r) 2
= (√25) 2
Square both sides
r2 = 25 Solution of r

So the final circle formula can be said to be

(x − 3) 2 + (y − 1) 2 = 25

Graph it. (​Figure 4 shows the graph of the

Figure 3
circle in purple.)

The fourth part of the solving process is

actually finding the equation for the circle.

Basic Standard form equation of the circle is

(x − h) 2 + (y − h) 2 = r 2
(h, k ) are the center coordinates
x and y are a point on the circle
r is the radius of the circle

With (3, 1) as the center we need to find the

radius in order to complete the equation
(x − h) 2 + (y − h) 2 = r .

This is found by using the following

equation;
r= √(x − h) 2
+ (y − k ) 2
Figure 4
Reflection
In summary after completing this
project I found that the hardest part was
inputting the information on the word
document. It was tedious and I had to learn
how to be patient. I learned tricks on how to
copy and paste functions rather than
re-typing each equation as I went on. I
learned how to write simply for a basic
reader to understand, it was hard not to skip
steps as I showed the process of solving the
equation step by step.
I also found that the solving process
was not too hard once I figured out the
center of the circle was the two
perpendicular lines that crossed.Also
remembering to mathematically find the
center of the circle and not simply by the
desmos graph. Finding r on the other- hand
was a little more difficult. But after careful
solving and discussing with you I was able
to figure it out. Desmos graphing app was a
huge help in solving this problem as well.
Seeing each step visually helped to know
what steps need to be taken next to solve
the problem.
A real world application of why circle
equations are so important is the creation of
wheels on cars and lids on bottle
containers. Knowing how to use the circle
equation can help navigate what would be
the best size circle for the given product to
be made. And with each car wheel and lid of
a bottle made the equation of the circle
must be checked and double checked to
ensure the proper functionality the product.
So hence the circle equation is extremely
important in the real world.
(https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-real-life
-applications-of-circles)