Find the x and y Intercepts (x^2+y^2-6x)^2=36x^2+36y^2

${(x^{2} + y^{2} - 6 x)}^{2} = 36 x^{2} + 36 y^{2}$

Step 1

Find the x-intercepts.

To find the x-intercept(s), substitute in $0$ for $y$ and solve for $x$ .

${(x^{2} + {(0)}^{2} - 6 x)}^{2} = 36 x^{2} + 36 {(0)}^{2}$

Solve the equation.

Simplify ${(x^{2} + {(0)}^{2} - 6 x)}^{2}$ .

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

${(x^{2} + 0 - 6 x)}^{2} = 36 x^{2} + 36 {(0)}^{2}$

Add $x^{2}$ and $0$ .

${(x^{2} - 6 x)}^{2} = 36 x^{2} + 36 {(0)}^{2}$

Simplify $36 x^{2} + 36 {(0)}^{2}$ .

Simplify each term.

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

${(x^{2} - 6 x)}^{2} = 36 x^{2} + 36 \cdot 0$

Multiply $36$ by $0$ .

${(x^{2} - 6 x)}^{2} = 36 x^{2} + 0$

Add $36 x^{2}$ and $0$ .

${(x^{2} - 6 x)}^{2} = 36 x^{2}$

Move all terms containing $x$ to the left side of the equation.

Subtract $36 x^{2}$ from both sides of the equation.

${(x^{2} - 6 x)}^{2} - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Simplify each term.

Rewrite ${(x^{2} - 6 x)}^{2}$ as $(x^{2} - 6 x) (x^{2} - 6 x)$ .

$(x^{2} - 6 x) (x^{2} - 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Expand $(x^{2} - 6 x) (x^{2} - 6 x)$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$x^{2} (x^{2} - 6 x) - 6 x (x^{2} - 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Apply the distributive property.

$x^{2} x^{2} + x^{2} (- 6 x) - 6 x (x^{2} - 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Apply the distributive property.

$x^{2} x^{2} + x^{2} (- 6 x) - 6 x \cdot x^{2} - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $x^{2}$ by adding the exponents.

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$x^{2 + 2} + x^{2} (- 6 x) - 6 x \cdot x^{2} - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Add $2$ and $2$ .

$x^{4} + x^{2} (- 6 x) - 6 x \cdot x^{2} - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$x^{4} - 6 x^{2} x - 6 x \cdot x^{2} - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$x^{4} - 6 (x \cdot x^{2}) - 6 x \cdot x^{2} - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Multiply $x$ by $x^{2}$ .

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$x^{4} - 6 (x^{1} x^{2}) - 6 x \cdot x^{2} - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$x^{4} - 6 x^{1 + 2} - 6 x \cdot x^{2} - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Add $1$ and $2$ .

$x^{4} - 6 x^{3} - 6 x \cdot x^{2} - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Multiply $x$ by $x^{2}$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x^{2}$ .

$x^{4} - 6 x^{3} - 6 (x^{2} x) - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $x$ .

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$x^{4} - 6 x^{3} - 6 (x^{2} x^{1}) - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$x^{4} - 6 x^{3} - 6 x^{2 + 1} - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Add $2$ and $1$ .

$x^{4} - 6 x^{3} - 6 x^{3} - 6 x (- 6 x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$x^{4} - 6 x^{3} - 6 x^{3} - 6 \cdot - 6 x \cdot x - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$x^{4} - 6 x^{3} - 6 x^{3} - 6 \cdot - 6 (x \cdot x) - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$x^{4} - 6 x^{3} - 6 x^{3} - 6 \cdot - 6 x^{2} - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Multiply $- 6$ by $- 6$ .

$x^{4} - 6 x^{3} - 6 x^{3} + 36 x^{2} - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Subtract $6 x^{3}$ from $- 6 x^{3}$ .

$x^{4} - 12 x^{3} + 36 x^{2} - 36 x^{2} = 0$

Combine the opposite terms in $x^{4} - 12 x^{3} + 36 x^{2} - 36 x^{2}$ .

Subtract $36 x^{2}$ from $36 x^{2}$ .

$x^{4} - 12 x^{3} + 0 = 0$

Add $x^{4} - 12 x^{3}$ and $0$ .

$x^{4} - 12 x^{3} = 0$

Factor $x^{3}$ out of $x^{4} - 12 x^{3}$ .

Factor $x^{3}$ out of $x^{4}$ .

$x^{3} x - 12 x^{3} = 0$

Factor $x^{3}$ out of $- 12 x^{3}$ .

$x^{3} x + x^{3} \cdot - 12 = 0$

Factor $x^{3}$ out of $x^{3} x + x^{3} \cdot - 12$ .

$x^{3} (x - 12) = 0$

If any individual factor on the left side of the equation is equal to $0$ , the entire expression will be equal to $0$ .

$x^{3} = 0$

$x - 12 = 0$

Set $x^{3}$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x^{3}$ equal to $0$ .

$x^{3} = 0$

Solve $x^{3} = 0$ for $x$ .

Take the cube root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

$x = \sqrt[3]{0}$

Simplify $\sqrt[3]{0}$ .

Rewrite $0$ as $0^{3}$ .

$x = \sqrt[3]{0^{3}}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming real numbers.

$x = 0$

Set $x - 12$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x - 12$ equal to $0$ .

$x - 12 = 0$

Add $12$ to both sides of the equation.

$x = 12$

The final solution is all the values that make $x^{3} (x - 12) = 0$ true.

$x = 0, 12$

x-intercept(s) in point form.

x-intercept(s): $(0, 0), (12, 0)$

Step 2

Find the y-intercepts.

To find the y-intercept(s), substitute in $0$ for $x$ and solve for $y$ .

${({(0)}^{2} + y^{2} - 6 \cdot 0)}^{2} = 36 {(0)}^{2} + 36 y^{2}$

Solve the equation.

Simplify ${({(0)}^{2} + y^{2} - 6 \cdot 0)}^{2}$ .

Rewrite.

$0 + 0 + {({(0)}^{2} + y^{2} - 6 \cdot 0)}^{2} = 36 {(0)}^{2} + 36 y^{2}$

Simplify by adding zeros.

${({(0)}^{2} + y^{2} - 6 \cdot 0)}^{2} = 36 {(0)}^{2} + 36 y^{2}$

Simplify each term.

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

${(0 + y^{2} - 6 \cdot 0)}^{2} = 36 {(0)}^{2} + 36 y^{2}$

Multiply $- 6$ by $0$ .

${(0 + y^{2} + 0)}^{2} = 36 {(0)}^{2} + 36 y^{2}$

Simplify by adding terms.

Combine the opposite terms in $0 + y^{2} + 0$ .

Add $0$ and $y^{2}$ .

${(y^{2} + 0)}^{2} = 36 {(0)}^{2} + 36 y^{2}$

Add $y^{2}$ and $0$ .

${(y^{2})}^{2} = 36 {(0)}^{2} + 36 y^{2}$

Multiply the exponents in ${(y^{2})}^{2}$ .

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$y^{2 \cdot 2} = 36 {(0)}^{2} + 36 y^{2}$

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$y^{4} = 36 {(0)}^{2} + 36 y^{2}$

Simplify $36 {(0)}^{2} + 36 y^{2}$ .

Simplify each term.

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

$y^{4} = 36 \cdot 0 + 36 y^{2}$

Multiply $36$ by $0$ .

$y^{4} = 0 + 36 y^{2}$

Add $0$ and $36 y^{2}$ .

$y^{4} = 36 y^{2}$

Subtract $36 y^{2}$ from both sides of the equation.

$y^{4} - 36 y^{2} = 0$

Factor the left side of the equation.

Rewrite $y^{4}$ as ${(y^{2})}^{2}$ .

${(y^{2})}^{2} - 36 y^{2} = 0$

Let $u = y^{2}$ . Substitute $u$ for all occurrences of $y^{2}$ .

$u^{2} - 36 u = 0$

Factor $u$ out of $u^{2} - 36 u$ .

Factor $u$ out of $u^{2}$ .

$u \cdot u - 36 u = 0$

Factor $u$ out of $- 36 u$ .

$u \cdot u + u \cdot - 36 = 0$

Factor $u$ out of $u \cdot u + u \cdot - 36$ .

$u (u - 36) = 0$

Replace all occurrences of $u$ with $y^{2}$ .

$y^{2} (y^{2} - 36) = 0$

If any individual factor on the left side of the equation is equal to $0$ , the entire expression will be equal to $0$ .

$y^{2} = 0$

$y^{2} - 36 = 0$

Set $y^{2}$ equal to $0$ and solve for $y$ .

Set $y^{2}$ equal to $0$ .

$y^{2} = 0$

Solve $y^{2} = 0$ for $y$ .

Take the square root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

$y = \pm \sqrt{0}$

Simplify $\pm \sqrt{0}$ .

Rewrite $0$ as $0^{2}$ .

$y = \pm \sqrt{0^{2}}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$y = \pm 0$

Plus or minus $0$ is $0$ .

$y = 0$

Set $y^{2} - 36$ equal to $0$ and solve for $y$ .

Set $y^{2} - 36$ equal to $0$ .

$y^{2} - 36 = 0$

Solve $y^{2} - 36 = 0$ for $y$ .

Add $36$ to both sides of the equation.

$y^{2} = 36$

Take the square root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

$y = \pm \sqrt{36}$

Simplify $\pm \sqrt{36}$ .

Rewrite $36$ as $6^{2}$ .

$y = \pm \sqrt{6^{2}}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$y = \pm 6$

The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.

First, use the positive value of the $\pm$ to find the first solution.

$y = 6$

Next, use the negative value of the $\pm$ to find the second solution.

$y = - 6$

The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.

$y = 6, - 6$

The final solution is all the values that make $y^{2} (y^{2} - 36) = 0$ true.

$y = 0, 6, - 6$

y-intercept(s) in point form.

y-intercept(s): $(0, 0), (0, 6), (0, - 6)$

Step 3

List the intersections.

x-intercept(s): $(0, 0), (12, 0)$

y-intercept(s): $(0, 0), (0, 6), (0, - 6)$

Step 4

Find the x and y Intercepts (x^2+y^2-6x)^2=36x^2+36y^2

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