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The center of a circle is at the origin. And end point of a diameter of the circle is at (-3,-4) how long is the diameter of the circle

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Answer:

10 units long

Explanation:

We need to find the distance from the origin (0, 0) to the point (-3, -4), that will be a radius of the circle.

Use the distance formula: d = √[(x2 - x1)² + (y2 - y1)²]

Plug in the values from the 2 points we are given...

d = √[(-3 - 0)² + (-4 - 0)²]

d = √[(-3)² + (-4)²]

d = √[ 9 + 16 ]

d = √25

d = 5

The radius is 5, therefore the diameter is 10. (the diameter is always twice the length of the radius)

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