Identify the conic section as a parabola, ellipse, circle, or hyperbola:The set of all points exactly four units from the point (-14, -17)
A) parabola
B) ellipse
C) circle
D) hyperbola

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The set of all points that are a fixed distance from a given point forms a circle. Here, the fixed distance is 4 units, and the given point is (-14, -17), so it is a circle.

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