How do you graph x2+y2+6x2y15=0?

1 Answer
Jun 3, 2016

This is the equation of a circle with center (3,1) and radius 5

Explanation:

As in the equation x2+y2+6x2y15=0,

coefficients of x2 and y2 are equal and there is no term having xy (in other words coefficient of xy is 0),

hence this is the equation of a circle.

Now x2+y2+6x2y15=0

(x2+6x+9)+(y22y+1)=15+9+1

(x+3)2+(y1)2=52

It is therefore a circle with center (3,1) and radius 5

graph{x^2+y^2+6x-2y-15=0 [-12.42, 7.58, -3.84, 6.16]}