To understand equations of circles and lines; to recognize from equations when two lines are parallel or perpendicular.

Exercises: see stewartcalculus.com : Review of Analytic Geometry (pdf), ex. 19-24, 37-42, pp. 5-6.
Extra exercises: Functions and coordinate systems (pdf)

mathcentre.ac.uk : The geometry of a circle (pdf)
mathcentre.ac.uk : The gradient of a straight line segment (pdf)
See also General References.

http://cs.marlboro.edu/ courses/ TATP/ old/ units/ units6
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