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Test
Math
Domain
Geometry and Trigonometry
Skill
Circles
Difficulty
Hard
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Modded SAT Question Bank by Abdullah Mallik

The graph of x2+x+y2+y=1992 in the xy-plane is a circle. What is the length of the circle’s radius?


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Correct Answer: 10
Rationale

The correct answer is 10. It's given that the graph of x2+x+y2+y=1992 in the xy-plane is a circle. The equation of a circle in the xy-plane can be written in the form x-h2+y-k2=r2, where the coordinates of the center of the circle are h,k and the length of the radius of the circle is r. The term x-h2 in this equation can be obtained by adding the square of half the coefficient of x to both sides of the given equation to complete the square. The coefficient of x is 1. Half the coefficient of x is 12. The square of half the coefficient of x is 14. Adding 14 to each side of x2+x+y2+y=1992 yields x2+x+14+y2+y=1992+14, or x+122+y2+y=1992+14. Similarly, the term y-k2 can be obtained by adding the square of half the coefficient of y to both sides of this equation, which yields x+122+y2+y+14=1992+14+14, or x+122+y+122=1992+14+14. This equation is equivalent to x+122+y+122=100, or x+122+y+122=102. Therefore, the length of the circle's radius is 10.

Question Difficulty: Hard
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