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12-45.

Consider the circle that is centered at the origin and contains the point .

  1. Use geometry and the definition of a circle, but not the algebraic equation for a circle, to prove or disprove that the point  lies on this circle.

    Any line from the origin to the edge of the circle will be 3 units long.

    Find the distance from the origin to .

  2. Find at least one value of x so that the point  lies on the circle.

    or 

  3. Name other points on this same circle.

    Write the equation for this circle and find values of and that satisfy the equation.