The equation can be reduced by taking the square root of both sides. 

As a simple test, all other values when substituted into the original equation fail.  However,  works. Therefore  is our answer.

A circle is defined by an equation in the format .

The center is indicated by the point  and the radius .

In the equation , the center is  and the radius is .

The form most often used for circles is the following general equation:

,

where (h, k) are the coordinates of the center and r is the radius. We are given the coordinates of the center as (4, -5), so h is 4 and k is -5.

We still need to find the radius. We can do this by plugging in the second given point, (4, -2). 

Hence the formula of the circle is

,

and the radius is .

To solve this problem we need to get our function into the form:

where center=(h,k) and r=radius. To do this we need to complete the square with both the x an y parts of the equation

then we factor our trinomials and add our constants and we get:

so our center is  and our radius is 6

The general form for the function of a circle of radius r and centered at (a,b) is:

 .

The circle is centered at , therefore we substitute  in for  and  for . The radius is  so  becomes . 

The final form should be: 

.

The first thing we want to do is put the conic (an ellipse because the x² and the y² terms have the same sign) into a better form i.e. 

where (h,k) is the center of our ellipse.

We will continue by completing the square for both the x and y binomials.

First we seperate them into two trinomials:

then we pull a 27 out of the first one and a 16 out of the second

then we add the correct constant to each trinomial (being sure to add the same amount to the other side of our equation.

then we factor our trinomials and divide by 16 and 27 to get

so the center of our ellipse is (-6,3) and we calculate the distance from the focal points to the center by the equation:

and we know that our ellipse is stretched in the y direction because b>a so our focal points will be c displaced from our center. 

with 

our focal points are 

To find the center of this ellipse we need to put it into a better form. We do this by rearranging our terms and completing the square for both our y and x terms.

completing the square for both gives us this.

we could divide by 429 but we have the information we need. The center of our ellipse is 

The equation of an ellipse is

,

where a is the horizontal radius, b is the vertical radius, and (h, k) is the center of the ellipse. In this case we are told that the center is at the origin, or (0,0), so both h and k equal 0. That brings us to:

We are told about the major and minor radiuses, but the problem does not specify which one is horizontal and which one vertical. However it does tell us that the ellipse passes through the point (5, 0), which is in a horizontal line with the center, (0, 0). Therefore the horizontal radius is 5.

The vertical radius must then be 3. We can now plug these in:

The usual form for an ellipse is

,

where (h, k) is the center of the ellipse, a is the horizontal radius, and b is the vertical radius. 

Plug in the coordinate pair:

Now we have to find the horizontal radius and the vertical radius. Let's compare points; we are told the ellipse passes through the point (-3, 6), which is vertically aligned with the center. Therefore the vertical radius is 4.

Similarly, the ellipse passes through the point (4, 2), which is horizontally aligned with the center. This means the horizontal radius must be 7.

Substitute:

An ellipse has an equation that can be written in the format. The center is indicated by , or in this case .