Re: Plot this?
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- Subject: [mg109551] Re: Plot this?
- From: Laszlo Sturmann <lschara at sonic.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 06:04:34 -0400 (EDT)
Trevor Rabey wrote:
> I am new to Mathematica and going at snail's pace.
> I would like to plot:
>
> 8x - x^2 + 14y - y^2 = 49
>
> Anyone?
>
> --
> Trevor Rabey
>
>
>
The points which satisfy the condition obviously lay on a circle
(x-4)^2+(y-7)^2=16 and you can plot it with
ContourPlot[8 x - x^2 + 14 y - y^2 == 49, {x, -5, 10}, {y, 0, 15}]
LS