Expressing a circle in a standard form expression is defined standard equation of a circle.
Imagining a circle in a plane at a particular distance from both axis of the Cartesian coordinate system is the standard form of the circle. Mathematically, a circle can be written in the form of a mathematical expression and it is actually possible by studying the relation of the circle with the Cartesian coordinate system.
Imagine a circle in the Cartesian coordinate system and assume the radius of the circle is units. Assume is the centre of the circle and it is located at units distance in horizontal -axis direction and units in vertical -axis direction from the origin. Therefore, the location of the point in the Cartesian coordinate system is .
Consider a point on the circle and assume it represents all the points on the circle. It is assumed to call point and the coordinates of the in horizontal and vertical axis direction are and respectively. Therefore, the coordinates of the point is in the Cartesian coordinate system.
Draw a line from point , and it must be parallel to the horizontal axis and draw another line from point , and it should be perpendicular to the same axis and assume they both get intersected each other at a point and it is assumed to call point . Thus, a right angled triangle is formed inside the circle.
and are opposite side, adjacent side and hypotenuse of the right angled triangle .
The length of the opposite side of the right angled triangle is
The length of the adjacent side of the right angled triangle is
The length of the hypotenuse of the right angled triangle is
According to Pythagorean theorem, the relation between three sides can be expressed in a mathematical form as given here.
Substitute lengths of the three sides in this relation to get the equation of a circle in algebraic form expression.
It can be written as follows.
It is an algebraic expression which represents equation of a circle in standard form.
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