SOLUTION: (x-3)^2+(y+2)^2=9

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Question 1073272: (x-3)^2+(y+2)^2=9
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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(x-3)^2+(y+2)^2=9

Change the sign of the -3 to +3, or just 3

Change the sign of the +2 to -2.

Put those numbers in an ordered pair like this:

(3,-2)

That's the center of the circle

Plot it



Now take the square root of  the 9 on the right side of
the given equation, 

(x-3)^2+(y+2)^2=9

and get 3.

That is the radius of the circle.  So open your compass
so that it is 3 units between the sharp point and the pencil.
Put the sharp point on the center (3,-2) and draw the circle:



That's the graph of

(x-3)^2+(y+2)^2=9

Edwin