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The point on the circle x^2+y^2+6x+8y = 75 which is closest to the origin, is at what distance from the origin? (Taken from an MAT paper)
This is a good example of a question where intuition about geometry is important. Completing the square is a standard A level practice to find the equation of a circle. Doing this we get(x+3)
