You can put this solution on YOUR website! The goal here is to get the equation of a circle in the standard form:
This is the equation of a circle with radius r and center at (h, k).
The technique is the "complete the square" in x and y.
Isolate the x and y terms by adding 11 to both sides.
Now complete the squares in x and y. This process entails adding a constant term to the x-group and to the y-group so that when you factor the x-group and the y-group, you will have a binomial squared in x and a binomial squared in y.
The constant for the x-group is found by squaring one-half of the coefficient of the x-term. That's (6/2)^2 = 9. Similarly for the y-group, you square one-half of the coefficient of the y-term. That's (-8/2)^2 = 16.
Don't forget to add the same numbers to both sides of the equation.
Now factor.
Now it looks like the standard form of the equation for a circle with radius of 6 and center at (-3, 4).
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