document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=882387>Question 882387</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x^2 + 4x + y^2 +4y - 8 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how do you put this step by step into standard form? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Factor each of the indicated trinomials, and continue any simplifications... but this will be a circle.\r<BR>\n" );
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