Thursday, June 14, 2012

What are the radius and the center of the circle x^2-6x+y^2-2y=14 ?

Given the equation of the
circle:


x^2 - 6x + y^2 - 2y =
14


We need to find the radius and the center of the
circle.


Then, we need to rewrite into the standard form as
follows:


(x-a)^2 + (y-b)^2 = r^2 such that (a,b) is the
center and r is the radius.


To rewrite we need to complete
the squares.


==> x^2 - 6x + 9 -9 + y^2 - 2y + 1 -1 =
14


==> (X-3)^2 + (y-1)^2 - 9 -1 =
14


==> (x-3)^2 + (y-1)^2 =
24


Then we conclude
that:


The center is the point (3,1) and the
radius is r=sqrt24= 2sqrt6

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