Question

The equation of a circle is (x+1)2+(y-4)2=12 what are the coordinates?

Answer 1

the equation for the circle is:

c<-> (x+x1)²+(y+y1)²= r²

where x1 and y1 are the coordinates of the center of the circle!

so to answer your question:

the center of the circle is:C(1,-4)