A cellular phone network uses towers to transit calls. Each tower transmits a circular area. on a grid of a city, the equations given represent the transmission boundaries of the towers. Tell which towers, is any, transmit to a phone located at M(3.5, 4.5).


Tower A: x^2 + y^2 = 9

Tower B: (x - 5)^2 + (y - 3)^2 = 6.25

Tower C: (x - 2)^2 + (y - 5)^2 = 4

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Answer:

B

Step-by-step explanation:

Notice that

[tex](3.5-5)^2 + (4.5-3)^2 = 4.5[/tex]

Since 4.5 is less than 6.25, tower B transmits to that phone

Answer:

Towers B and C transmit to the phone.

Step-by-step explanation:

First, let see the location of the center for each tower:

Tower A

[tex]A (x,y) = (0,0)[/tex]

Tower B

[tex]B (x,y) = (5,3)[/tex]

Tower C

[tex]C(x,y) = (2,5)[/tex]

Now, the distance between the location of the phone and any of the towers by means of the Pythagorean equation. The phone is under the influence of a tower only if distance is less than transmission boundaries. Then:

Tower A

[tex]d_{A} = \sqrt{(3.5-0)^{2}+(4.5-0)^{2}}[/tex]

[tex]d_{A} \approx 5.701[/tex]

[tex]d_{A} > 3[/tex]

Tower B

[tex]d_{B} = \sqrt{(3.5-5)^{2}+(4.5-3)^{2}}[/tex]

[tex]d_{B} \approx 2.121[/tex]

[tex]d_{B} < 2.5[/tex]

Tower C

[tex]d_{C} = \sqrt{(3.5-2)^{2}+(4.5-5)^{2}}[/tex]

[tex]d_{C} \approx 1.581[/tex]

[tex]d_{C} < 2[/tex]

Towers B and C transmit to the phone.