MGSE9-12.G.GPE.1 Investigation 1: Equation of a Circle Sketch APS
Questions
1. What happens as h moves in the positive direction?
2. What happens as h moves in the negative direction?
3. What kind of transformation does changing h create?
4. What happens as k moves in the positive direction?
5. What happens as k moves in the negative direction?
6. What kind of transformation does changing k create?
7. What happens as r gets further from zero?
8. What happens as r gets closer to zero?
9. What kind of transformation does changing r create?
10. Why does the equation for a circle so closely resemble the Pythagorean Theorem and the distance
formula? (Hint: think of the definition of a circle)
