What you do is get into the form (x-h)^2+(y-k)^2=r^2 (h,k) is center r=radis
complete the square with x and y
x^2+y^2-2x+4y-11=0 group x and y terms together (x^2-2x)+(y^2+4y)-11=0
take 1/2 of linear coefieicnt and add postive and negative for x^2-2x, -2/2=-1, (-1)^2=1 for y^2+4y, 4/2=2, 2^2=4
(x^2-2x+1-1)+(y^2+4y+4-4)-11=0 complete the square (x-1)^2-1+(y+2)^2-4-11=0 add like terms (x-1)^2+(y+2)^2-16=0 add 16 both side (x-1)^2+(y+2)^2=16 (x-(1))^2+(y-(-2))^2=4^2 (x-h)^2+(y-k)^2=r^2