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Do the graph of (x+2)squared +(y-1)squared=4y intersect?

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Hint: You do realize that the above is an equation of a circle.

What happens to the slope/s when a graph intersects itself?
 
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(x+2)2 +(y-1)2 = 4y → (x+2)2 +(y-3)2 = 8 → r = √8
 
Since r^2 = 4y, then y > 0, so circle above x-axis: right?
Yes. As pointed out by Subhotosh Khan, the circle is
(x+2)2 +(y-3)2 = 8
which has a center in the second quadrant (above the x axis and to the left of the y axis), lies entirely above the x axis (only positive y allowed since \(\displaystyle 3 \gt \sqrt{8}\)) and in both the second and third quadrant (both positive and negative x is allowed since \(\displaystyle 2 \lt \sqrt{8}\)).
 
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