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(x+55)²+(y-11.5)²=121 A circle in the xy-plane has the equation shown above. What is the length of the diameter?

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Final answer:

The diameter of the circle represented by the equation (x+55)²+(y-11.5)²=121 is 22.

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation given ((x+55)²+(y-11.5)²=121) represents a circle in the xy-plane. The standard form of a circle's equation is (x-h)²+(y-k)²=r², where (h,k) is the center of the circle and r is the radius.

In this case, the number 121 is r², which means the radius (r) is the square root of 121, which is 11. The diameter of a circle is twice the radius, so the diameter of this circle is 2 * 11 = 22.

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