# Math Help - Sketch the graph of the following:

1. ## Sketch the graph of the following:

2x^2 + 2y^2 + x + y = 0

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2. Your question is not at all clear. You could "sketch" the graph by calculating several points: if x= 0, $2y^2+ y= y(2y+1)= 0$ so y= 0 or -1/2. $(0, 0)$ and $(0, -\frac{1}{2})$ are points on the graph. Taking y= 0, we get, in exactly the same way, $(0,0)$ which we had before, $(0,\frac{1}{2})$. Get enough points that way and you can sketch the graph.

But I suspect that you are intended to complete the square to see what kind of figure this is:
If you divide through by 2 you get $x^2+ \frac{1}{2}x+ y^2+ \frac{1}{2}y= 0$. Presumably you know that $(x+ a)^2= x^2+ 2ax+ a^2$. Comparing that to $x^2+ \frac{1}{2}x$, they match if a= 1/4 and we can make this a "perfect square by adding $\left(1/4\right)^2= 1/16$. Doing that for both x and y, $x^2+ \frac{1}{2}x+ \frac{1}{4}+ y^2+ \frac{1}{2}y+ \frac{1}{4}= \frac{1}{4}+ \frac{1}{4}$ or $(x+\frac{1}{2})^2+ (y+\frac{1}{2})^2= \frac{1}{2}$. What kind of figure is that?

3. Originally Posted by HallsofIvy
Your question is not at all clear. You could "sketch" the graph by calculating several points: if x= 0, $2y^2+ y= y(2y+1)= 0$ so y= 0 or -1/2. $(0, 0)$ and $(0, -\frac{1}{2})$ are points on the graph. Taking y= 0, we get, in exactly the same way, $(0,0)$ which we had before, $(0,\frac{1}{2})$. Get enough points that way and you can sketch the graph.

But I suspect that you are intended to complete the square to see what kind of figure this is:
If you divide through by 2 you get $x^2+ \frac{1}{2}x+ y^2+ \frac{1}{2}y= 0$. Presumably you know that $(x+ a)^2= x^2+ 2ax+ a^2$. Comparing that to $x^2+ \frac{1}{2}x$, they match if a= 1/4 and we can make this a "perfect square by adding $\left(1/4\right)^2= 1/16$. Doing that for both x and y, $x^2+ \frac{1}{2}x+ \frac{1}{4}+ y^2+ \frac{1}{2}y+ \frac{1}{4}= \frac{1}{4}+ \frac{1}{4}$ or $(x+\frac{1}{2})^2+ (y+\frac{1}{2})^2= \frac{1}{2}$. What kind of figure is that?

Why didn't you put the squares on 1/4?

4. $2x^2+2y^2+x+y=0$

$2(x^2+\frac{1}{2}x)+2(y^2+\frac{1}{2}y)=0$

$2(x^2+\frac{1}{2}x+\frac{1}{16}-\frac{1}{16})+2(y^2+\frac{1}{2}y+\frac{1}{16}-\frac{1}{16})=0$

$2[(x+\frac{1}{4})^2-\frac{1}{16}]+2[(y+\frac{1}{4})^2-\frac{1}{16}]=0$

$2(x+\frac{1}{4})^2-\frac{1}{8}+2(y+\frac{1}{4})^2-\frac{1}{8}=0$

$2(x+\frac{1}{4})^2+2(y+\frac{1}{4})^2=\frac{1}{4}$

$(x+\frac{1}{4})^2+(y+\frac{1}{4})^2=\frac{1}{8}$

$(x+\frac{1}{4})^2+(y+\frac{1}{4})^2=\left (\frac{1}{2\sqrt 2}\right )^2$

Which is a circle with it's centre at $\left ( -\frac {1}{4}, -\frac {1}{4}\right )$ with a radius of $\frac{1}{2\sqrt 2}$