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#GREpracticequestion In the figure above, the circle is centered at.png
In the figure above, the circle is centered at (0, 0). What is the distance between point P and the point (–10, –8) (not shown on the graph)?
(A) 18
(B) 20
(C) 22
(D) 24
(E) 26
Since the center of the circle is at the origin, we can easily figure out that the radius is 16--meaning that the coordinates of point P are (0,16).
Now we just need to find the distance between (0,16) and the given point (-10,-8).
We can use the distance formula (really just the Pythagorean theorem):
\(\sqrt{(-8-16)^2+(-10-0)^2}\)
\(\sqrt{(-24)^2+(-10)^2}\)
\(\sqrt{676}\)=24
Answer: E