document.write( "Question 403004: Graph the Circle
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\n" ); document.write( "(x^2+4x)+(y^2-2y)=20
\n" ); document.write( "(x^2+4x+4)+(y^2-2y+1)=20+16+4
\n" ); document.write( "(x+2)^+(y-1)^2=(40/2)^2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But I don't think its right can you help me with what I did wrong? Thanks
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You are right -- that is not right. Why did you add 16 and 4 to the RHS when you only added 4 and 1 to the LHS? There is no factor of 4 in front of either set of parentheses in the LHS. Furthermore, if 40 was the correct value in the RHS, then the RHS would be properly expressed as \r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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