GROUP ACTIVITY

Do the following with your group mates.

1. Plot the following points:

a. O (0, 0) f. H (– 2, 0)
b. D (2, 0) g. I (– √2, – √2)
c. E (√2, √2) h. J (0, –2)
d. F (0, 2) i. K (√2, – √2)
e. G (– √2, √2)

2. What object do the points form?

3. Measure the following distances using the distance formula:

Distance = √(𝑥2 − 𝑥1 )2 + (𝑦2 − 𝑦1 )2

Line Segment Distance (cm)

DO
EO
FO
GO
HO
IO
JO
KO
Table 1

4. What do you notice about the length of each line segment?

5. What is the other name for distance based on Table 1?

6. What is a circle?

7. Using the distance formula, what is the standard form of the equation of a circle if C (h, k) is the
center (not on the origin), P (x, y) is any point on the circle, and r be the radius? ( see the illustration
below)

y
P (x, y)

r
C (h, k)
k .

0
h x