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There is a circle with a center of 0,0 on a coordinate plane. There is one point on the circle's circumference in which the x:y ratio is 3:1. What is a possible coordinate?

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Suppose the radius is 1. The parametric equations for the circle are

x = cosθ

y = sinθ

x:y = 3:1

tanθ = ⅓

cosθ = 3/√(1²+3²) =  3/√10

sinθ = 1/√10

The solutions are (3/√10, 1/√10) and (-3/√10, -1/√10).

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