question regarding completeSquare command?

Question:question regarding completeSquare command?

Posted: MapleUser2017 175 Product: Maple

December 01 2019

I if a run the CompleteSquare command

CompleteSquare(x^2 + y^2 - 2*x - y - 2 = 10, x, y)

the output is (y - 1/2)^2 + (x - 1)^2 - 13/4 = 10

Why does it places the y's before the x's?

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