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Taking the partial differential of the given equation w.r.t. x and y respectively we get:- 2 8 x − 4 y − 3 6 = 0 − 4 x + 2 2 y + 4 8 = 0 Solving these two we get x = 1 , y = − 2 We know that the given equation is a conic and from the above procedure we know that the center of conic lies on the point ( 1 , − 2 ) . Transforming the equation so that center of conic coincides with origin, we get 1 4 ( x + 1 ) 2 − 4 ( x + 1 ) ( y − 2 ) + 1 1 ( y − 2 ) 2 − 3 6 ( x + 1 ) + 4 8 ( y − 2 ) + 4 1 = 0 On simplifying we get:- 1 4 x 2 + 1 1 y 2 − 4 x y = 2 5 Rotating the axis by unknown θ we replace:- x → x cos θ + y sin θ y → x sin θ − y cos θ Plugging in above equation and simplifying we get:- x 2 ( 1 4 cos 2 θ + 1 1 sin 2 θ − 4 sin θ cos θ ) + y 2 ( 1 4 sin 2 θ + 1 1 cos 2 θ + 4 sin θ cos θ ) + x y ( 6 sin θ cos θ + 4 cos 2 θ − 4 sin 2 θ ) = 2 5 Since we want x y term to vanish, we have:- 3 sin 2 θ + 4 cos 2 θ = 0 Hence tan ( 2 θ ) = 3 − 4 So we get sin 2 θ = 5 − 4 , cos 2 θ = 5 3 Hence our equation becomes :- 1 5 x 2 + 1 0 y 2 = 2 5 5 3 x 2 + 5 2 y 2 = 1