Circle A has a center at #(-5 ,7 )# and a radius of #4 #. Circle B has a center at #(-3 ,2 )# and a radius of #3 #. Do the circles overlap? If not, what is the smallest distance between them?
1 Answer
Feb 9, 2016
Draw a diagram to represent the situation.
Explanation:
The diagram shows that the two circles do overlap. you could have also determined this algebraically by adding and subtracting the radius from your points.
As you can see, this point would be inside the other circle and so the two circles do overlap.
Hopefully you understand now!
