document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=63902>Question 63902</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The graph of the relation x^2 - 4y^2 + 2x - 8y - 10 = 0 is a (an)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. point<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. straight line<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. pair of intersecting straight lines<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. circle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e. ellipse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f. hyperbola<BR>\n" );
document.write( "g. parabola<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h. none of these </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #44603 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=algebrapro18><B>algebrapro18(249)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=algebrapro18><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=44603\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You need to complete the square to get this equation into standard form and then see what it matches up to.  <br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 - 4y^2 + 2x - 8y - 10 = 0<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + 2x - 4(y^2 - 2y) = 10<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + 2x + 1 - 4(y^2 - 2y + 1) = 10+4+1<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+1)^2 - 4(y-1)^2 = 15<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "((x+1)^2)/15 - (4(y-1)^2)/15 = 1<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I can't remember if this is the standard form for an ellipse or a hyperbola but it is one of the two. </SPAN>\n" );
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