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algebra senior
Problem
On the Cartesian plane in which each unit is one foot, a dog is tied to a post on the point by a foot rope. What is the greatest distance the dog can be from the origin?
Solution
The area the dog can go in is a circle of radius centered at the point . The point farthest from in the circle would be the point on the circle's circumference which is on the same diameter as but on the other side of the center of the circle. The distance from the origin to the center of the circle, by the distance formula, is . As the radius of the circle is , the distance from the origin to the point in the circle farthest from the origin is .
Final answer
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