A: A curve has an equation of .x2 + 4y2 + 6x + 16y + 21 = 0. What conic section does this equation represent?   A. circle   B. hyperbola   C. ellipse   D. parabola

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9. A: A curve has an equation of .x2 + 4y2 + 6x + 16y + 21 = 0. What conic section does this equation represent?

  A.

circle

  B.

hyperbola

  C.

ellipse

  D.

parabola

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