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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.

 May 8, 2022
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Whenever you see a circle in the form Ax2+Ay2+Bx+Cy+D=0, complete the squares to get something like (xh)2+(yk)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+16y18=0

 

Now, complete the square.

(x2+4x+4)4+(y2+16y+64)6418=0(x+2)24+(y+8)26418=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.

 May 8, 2022

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