Mathematics, 17.12.2019 17:31, juls68

The equation of a circle is (x + 6)^2 + (y - 4)^2 = 16. the point (-6, 8) is on the circle.

what is the equation of the line that is tangent to the circle at (-6, 8)?

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answered: mathman783

y = 8 is the equation of tangent.

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation of the tangent to the circle at (-6,8) is of the form:

y = mx + c

where m is the slope of the tangent and c is the y-intercept.

The point (-6,8) lies on the circle and the tangent line as well.

Hence (-6,8) satisfies the line equation:

8 = m(-6) + c ⇒ c-6m = 8 -------------1

We know that slope of two perpendicular lines are related as:

$m_{1}\times m_{2}=-1$

At any point on the circle, the normal line at a point is always perpendicular to the tangent line at that point.

Hence :

$m_{normal} \times m_{tangent}=-1$

We can find the slope of the normal at point (-6,8) as it passes through the centre of the circle (-6,4) by using the two-points formula for slope.

$m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

$=\frac{8-4}{-6+6}$

= ∞

Slope of the normal is infinity and hence slope of tangent is -1/∞ = 0

Hence m=0

Putting m=0 in equation 1 we get:

c = 8

The equation of tangent line at (-6,8) is:

y = 8

answered: Guest

introduction, methodology, results, discussion

step-by-step explanation:

an observational study is one which consists of actual observation to record data and then analyse the data.

there are a number of factors that should be analyzed before starting an observational study.

the main four factors are:

i) introduction: this should be analysed to check whether the purpose of the study is correctly established and the data recorded are appropriate for the study

methodology: the method of collecting the data, such as whether randomly selected, and whether sample size matches with the population to be studied, whether questions asked are easy to answer by common men, etc.

results: then results such as summary of data with comments should be studied thoroughly

discussion: the last is the discussion, this can be either by management people or persons who are all interested , etc.

answered: Guest

step-by-step explanation:

to find the amount of gift bags to use all the supplies, find the gcf or greatest common factor. this is the largest number which multiplies evenly into each term.

48 has factors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12. 16, 24, 48

80 has factors: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80

64 has factors: 1, 2, 4, 8, 8, 16, 32, 64

the highest number factor they all share in common is 8. this means there will be 8 bags with 6 pencils, 10 markers, and 8 stickers in each bag.