SOLUTION: Hi! My directions are, "Use completing the square to write the equation of each conic section in standard form. Then state the type of conic section." My first problem is...

Question 874248: Hi! My directions are, "Use completing the square to write the equation of each conic section in standard form. Then state the type of conic section."
My first problem is...
9x^2 - 4y^2 - 18x - 40y - 127 = 0
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

First guess is that this is a hyperbola with foci on a line parallel to the x axis.
The term to complete square for x is 1, and for y it is .

Hyperbola, center at (1,-5)
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