Given a unit circle with coordinates (x, 4), calculate x

Unit Circle Formula

Given a unit circle point (x, y)

x2 + y2 = 1

Plug in x = x and y = 4

x2 + 42 = 1

x2 + 16 = 1

Subtract 16 from each side:

x2 = 1 - 16

x2 = -15

Take the square root of each side:

x2 = √-15


Final Answer


Not on a unit circle


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x2 + y2 = 1
What 7 concepts are covered in the Unit Circle Calculator?
area
Number of square units covering the shape
circle
the set of all points in the plane that are a fixed distance from a fixed point
equation
a statement declaring two mathematical expressions are equal
origin
On a two digit coordinate plane, the point (0, 0), where the x-axis and y-axis cross.
point
an exact location in the space, and has no length, width, or thickness
radius
Distance from the center of a circle to the edge
C/2π
unit circle
A circle centered at the origin (0, 0) with a radius of 1
x2 + y2 = 1
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