What is the centre of the circle ?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B.
- Step 1: Complete the square in and : .
- Step 2: The centre is .
Answer
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Why not the others: : The signs of the coordinates were reversed. : The coefficients of and were used directly. : The coordinates were swapped.
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