A parameter and the squared radius

A parameter and the squared radius

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For which real values of k does x2+y2-4x+10y+k=0 represent a real circle? Describe the locus when equality holds at the boundary.

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Answer:\(k<29\); at \(k=29\), one point \((2,-5)\)

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