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What is the radius of a circle whose equation is x2+y2−10x+6y+18=0?

2 units
4 units
8 units
16 units

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Complete the square:

x^2 − 10x + y^2 + 6y + 18 = 0
→ (x − 5)^2 − 25 + (y + 3)^2 − 9 + 18 = 0
→ (x − 5)^2 + (y + 3)^2 − 16 = 0
→ (x − 5)^2 + (y + 3)^2 = 16

Radius = sqrt(16) = 4 units.