Examples of Math Problems: find an equation of a hyperbola with vertices (+4,0), (-4,0) and foci (6,0), (-6,0)

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

find an equation of a hyperbola with vertices (+4,0), (-4,0) and foci (6,0), (-6,0)

refer to a text for details, but...
a=4

a=4

,

c=6

so that

b%5E2=c%5E2-a%5E2=36-16=20

and thus...

x%5E2%2F16-y%5E2%2F20=1

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