Circles and Equations is a powerful learning aid that combines interactive Coaching Calculators and Guides to help students master finding the...
Circles and Equations is a powerful learning aid that combines interactive Coaching Calculators and Guides to help students master finding the center and radius of a circle by completing the square.Work with the Coaching Calculator to find the centre and radius of a circle step by step, - Taking constant term to right hand side - Grouping x-related and y-related terms - Completing the squares - Writing in center-radius formor go straight to a particular step.The Guide features worked examples with circle equations where the coefficient of x is one and not equal to one.Applications include finding the equation of a tangent line at a a given point on a circle and determining if a given point is inside a circle.It's ideal for students as the menu design reinforces each problem solving step and examples highlight and simplify algebra that students find hard.