SOLUTION: In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, what are the coordinates of the center of the circle whose equation is x^2 - 8x + y^2 + 10y + 15 = 0?

SOLUTION: In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, what are the coordinates of the center of the circle whose equation is x^2 - 8x + y^2 + 10y + 15 = 0?

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Question 1084547: In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, what are the coordinates of the center of the circle whose equation is x^2 - 8x + y^2 + 10y + 15 = 0?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Complete squares.

That last equation tells you that any point that satisfies that equation
is at a distance from point ,
which is the center of the circle.
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