Question #ef5bd

1 Answer
Feb 24, 2018

#(-1,-1)#

Explanation:

Hmm...

These coordinates seem to have a special relationships.

I have graphed them here:

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Hey, these form a right triangle!

A circle that circumscribes a right triangles always has the hypotenuse of the right triangle as its diameter.

In our case, it looks like this:

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Now, since the hypotenuse forms when we connect the points #(-4,1)# and #(2,-3)#, the center of the point is right between them.

This is obvious using the fact that the center of a circle is at the middle of the diameter.

We now find the midpoint between the points #(-4,1)# and #(2,-3)#.

The midpoint is: #((-4+2)/2,(1+(-3))/2)#

=>#((-2)/2,(-2)/2)#

#=>(-1,-1)#