geometry
powerpc
compute power of a given point with respect to a given circle
Calling Sequence
Parameters
Description
Examples
powerpc(P, c)
P
-
point
c
circle
The power of point P with respect to circle c is −R2+d2 where d is the distance from point P to the center of c, and R is the radius of c.
The command with(geometry,powerpc) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.
with⁡geometry:
_EnvHorizontalName≔a:_EnvVerticalName≔b:
point⁡A,3,0,point⁡B,67,2:
circle⁡c,a2+b2=1:
powerpc⁡A,c
8
powerpc⁡B,c
18349
See Also
geometry[HorizontalName]
geometry[VerticalName]
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