SOLUTION: How do you complete the squares in this equation: x^2-2x+y^2-15=0?

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Question 441177: How do you complete the squares in this equation: x^2-2x+y^2-15=0?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi
x^2-2x+y^2-15=0 |Only one square to complete
(x-1)^2 -1 + y^2 -15 = 0
(x-1)^2 + y^2 = 16
1) Circle with Center(1,0) and radius of 4
Standard Form of an Equation of a Circle is
where Pt(h,k) is the center and r is the radius

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