The equation x^2 + 6x + y^2 + 6y = 18 + 2x - 10y represents a circle. What is its center? Write your answer as an ordered pair.
Whenever you see a circle in the form Ax2+Ay2+Bx+Cy+D=0, complete the squares to get something like (x−h)2+(y−k)2=r2, then the center will just be (h, k) and the radius will just be r.
So, for this one, you move every term to the left-hand side first.
x2+y2+4x+16y−18=0
Now, complete the square.
(x2+4x+4)−4+(y2+16y+64)−64−18=0(x+2)2−4+(y+8)2−64−18=0(x+2)2+(y+8)2=86
Can you take it from here to identify h and k?
Hint: You can write x+a as x−(−a) at all times.