SOLUTION: Find the center of a circle defined by the equation: x^2+y^2-10x+12y+12=0.

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Question 388025: Find the center of a circle defined by the equation: x^2+y^2-10x+12y+12=0.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi
Standard Form of an Equation of a Circle is
where Pt(h,k) is the center
x^2+y^2-10x+12y+12=0
completing the squares to put into the Standard Form
x^2 -10x + y^2 +12y + 12 = 0
(x-5)^2 - 25 + (y+6)^2 - 36 + 12 = 0
(x-5)^2 + (y+6)^2 -49 = 0
(x-5)^2 + (y+6)^2 = 49
Center (5,-6) radius = 7

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