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Does line L intersect with the circle centered at the origin?

(1) The radius of the circle is 3
(2) L passes through point (3,3)

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help me please to understand this problem :shock:
it seems so easy, but i cant get E, which is the right answear
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Pure algebraic questions like this one are no longer part of the GMAT Data Sufficiency syllabus.
For relevant Data Sufficiency questions, please check the Data Sufficiency forum:
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Does line L intersect with the circle centered at the 06 Jul 2011, 12:43
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Does line L intersect with the circle centered at the origin?
1)the radius of the circle is 3
2)L passes through point (3,3)

help me please to understand this problem :shock:
it seems so easy, but i cant get E, which is the right answear
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aaah! fluke! i was working on the solution! made graphs and everything! you beat me by a minute!
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aaah! fluke! i was working on the solution! made graphs and everything! you beat me by a minute!
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Please post that. Two are better than one.:)
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Does line L intersect with the circle centered at the Updated on: 06 Jul 2011, 12:51
Originally posted by fivedaysleft on 06 Jul 2011, 12:46.
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anyway, here it is
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o my God of course!!!!thanks and sorry :-D
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looking at both all three graphs it no conclusion can be drawn.
so ans E
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Does line L intersect with the circle centered at the origin?
1)the radius of the circle is 3
2)L passes through point (3,3)

help me please to understand this problem :shock:
it seems so easy, but i cant get E, which is the right answear
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Statement 1 insufficient
as it does not give any information about Line L

Statement 2 insufficient
as it does not give any information about the radius of the circle

combining the two
the line may be tangent also and in that case it will not intersect the circle :) :)
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1. Not sufficient

as we dont know anything about L

2. Not sufficient

we can consider a line passing through 3,3 and 0,0 => line passes through origin

we can consider another line passing through 3,3 and not passing through 0,0 (lets say 5,0) => line does not pass
through origin

together ,
3,3 is not on the circle. we can still consider the same examples as in 2 . Hence not sufficient.

Answer is E.
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Does line L intersect with the circle centered at the origin?
1)the radius of the circle is 3
2)L passes through point (3,3)

help me please to understand this problem :shock:
it seems so easy, but i cant get E, which is the right answear
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does above Point (3,3) lies on circle as the radius of the circle is 3??

Please advise.
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Does line L intersect with the circle centered at the origin?
1)the radius of the circle is 3
2)L passes through point (3,3)

help me please to understand this problem :shock:
it seems so easy, but i cant get E, which is the right answear

does above Point (3,3) lies on circle as the radius of the circle is 3??

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There is a post showing that it's not: does-line-l-intersect-with-the-circle-centered-at-the-116571.html#p941978

You could try to draw yourself:



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+1 for option E. Both statements together are not sufficient. The line passes through (3,3) and may or may not intersect the circle centered at origin and with a radius of 3.
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