The centre of the ellipse \(\left[(\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y}-2)^{2} / 9\right]+\left[(\mathrm{x}-\mathrm{y})^{2} / 16\right]=1\) is \(\ldots\) (a) \((1,1)\) (b) \((0,0)\) (c) \((0,1)\) (d) \((1,0)\)

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The center of the ellipse is (d) \((1,0)\).

Step by step solution

01

Rewrite the given equation into suitable form

We start by expanding the given equation: \[\begin{aligned} \left[\frac{(x+y-2)^{2}}{9}\right]+\left[\frac{(x-y)^{2}}{16}\right] &=1 \\ \frac{x^2+2xy-4x+y^2-4y+4}{9} + \frac{x^2 -2xy +y^2}{16} &=1 \end{aligned}\]
02

Combine like terms

Now, we will combine like terms (i.e., collect and sum up all the variables together): \[\frac{(16 + 9)(x^2)-36y+9y^2}{144} =1\]
03

Rewrite the equation into standard form

We will now rewrite the equation into the standard form of an ellipse: \[\frac{x^2}{9} - \frac{2y}{1} + \frac{y^2}{16} = 1\] Comparing the last equation to the standard equation \(\frac{(x-h)^2}{a^2} + \frac{(y-k)^2}{b^2} = 1\), we can conclude that \(x-h=0 \Rightarrow x=h\) and \(y-k=0 \Rightarrow y=k\).
04

Identify the center (h, k)

Now we have the ellipse equation in the form: \[\frac{x^2}{9} + \frac{(y-2)^2}{16} = 1\] Comparing the equation to the standard form, we can see that (h, k) = (1,0) which corresponds to the answer choice: (d) \((1,0)\)

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