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A square is inscribed in a circle of radius 5 centimeters. What is the value of x^2 + y^2? please help me 

 Apr 28, 2017
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Really funny question huh

You don't need to find x and y

Link the diagonals of the square from the top right corner to the bottom left corner

x^2 + y^2 is just the length of the line you draw squared.

The length of the diagonal is just the diameter of the circle

Therefore length of that diagonal = 5 * 2 = 10

Therefore x^2 + y^2 = 10^2 = 100 :D

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 Apr 28, 2017

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