1) the diameter of a circle is the difference in the extreme position of x or y value, in this case d=4-(-4)=8, hence radius is 4. The centre of the circle is the mid point of the extreme positions, hence mid point = (0,-5), now construct the equation of the circle (x-a)^2+(y-b)^2=r^2, where the centre of the circle is (a,b). Plug in the numbers and you'll get x^2+(y+5)^2=16
2) x-int, y=0. 0=1/(cx-a)+b, -b=1/(cx-a), cx-a=1/-b, cx=1/-b +a, x = 1/-bc + a/c, x = (ab-1)/bc
3)The graph is not symmetric about the y-axis is because its been shifted to the right by 3 units, so it should be symmetric about x=3 instead.
The minimum y value of y = 1/(x-3)^2 - 4 is approaching -4. Hence the y co-ordinates will be greater than -5 (if your confused just graph it on a calculator)
functions
1) y=mx+2, lets find the inverse of this equation. x=my+2, x-2=my, y=x/m - 2/m which equates to f^-1(x)=ax+b. Thus a=1/m and b=-2/m. We know that m<0, then a<0 and b>0.
2) f(x)=5-x, this graph has a negative gradient so the lower limit of the domain should have a higher y-value. if x=a, the f(a)=5-a. If x=b, then f(b)=5-b. Remember that the lower limit will have a greater y-value, hence the range is [5-b,5-a)