SOLUTION: Can someone please help me: Determine whether the given ordered pair is a solution of the given equation. x^2 + y^2 - 8x + 6y = -21; (4,-1) a. no b. yes

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Question 201226: Can someone please help me:
Determine whether the given ordered pair is a solution of the given equation.
x^2 + y^2 - 8x + 6y = -21; (4,-1)
a. no
b. yes

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The first number in your ordered pair is the -coordinate of the point and the second number is the -coordinate. Substitute the value of the -coordinate for in your equation and Substitute the value of the -coordinate for :






Do the arithmetic. If the result is a true statement, then your answer is yes, the given point is on the graph. Otherwise the answer is no.

John


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