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The Origin ( or just "origin")

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That is not generally true.

The general formula for a circle, in the Cartesian plane, is of the form (x-a)2 + (y-b)2 = r2 where the coordinates of the centre are (a,b) and the radius is r. It is only if both a and b are 0 that the centre is the origin.

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