Equation of a circle passing through 3 given points
This online calculator finds equation of a circle passing through 3 given points

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This online calculator finds circle passing through three given points. It outputs center and radius of a circle, circle equations and draws a circle on a graph. The method used to find circle center and radius is described below the calculator.
How to find a circle passing through 3 given points
Let's recall how equation of a circle looks like in general form:
Since all three points should belong to one circle, we can write system of equations
The values ,
and
are known. Let's rearrange with respect to unknowns a, b and c.
Now we have three linear equations for three unknowns - system of linear equations with the following matrix form:
We can solve it using, for example, Gaussian elimination like in Gaussian elimination. No solution means that points are co-linear and it is impossible to draw circle through them.
The coordinates of a center of a circle and it's radius related to the solution like this
Knowing center and radius we can get the equations using Equations of a circle with given center and radius in different forms
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