Reduction of general conic

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The given equation is - $$3x^2 + 2xy + 3y^2 - 32y +92=0$$

To get rid of xy term i used the substitutions - $$x=p+q , y=q-p$$

Then the equation becomes - $$(p-4)^2 + 2(q-2)^2=1$$ which is an ellipse with center at $p=4$ and $q=2$.

So in the original system , $x=p+q=6$ and $y=q-p=-2$ .

But the actual center as wolfram alpha shows is the opposite , that is $x=-2$ and $y=6$.

I don't know why this is happening and i'm really confused.

Please help.

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Hint

I did what you tell $(x=p+q , y=q-p)$ and the raw result I obtained for the expression is $$4 p^2+32 p+8 q^2-32 q+92=0$$ I let you the task of grouping but it seems that you made some mistakes.

I am sure that you can take from here and fix the problem.