Thursday, February 7, 2013

Solving Online Vertex of a Hyperbola

Hyperbola is a conic section.Hyperbola is all points found by keeping the whose difference from distances of two points (each of which is called a focus of the hyperbola) constant.The vertices of the hyperbola are located on the axis and are a unit from the center.Let us see some formulas for solving vertex of hyperbola online.

Formulas for Solving Online Vertex of a Hyperbola

Standard Formulas Of Hyperbola:

Equation of hyperbola  standard  formulas




1)The hyperbola  opens left  and right(horizontal axis) if the term `(x-h)^2`  is positive.

2)The hyperbola opens up and down(vertical axis) if the term is `(y-k)^2`

3)c= 

is the distance from the center (h,k) to each focus

4)asymptote have slopes given by.

5) The equation of asymptotes  are  given by since the asymptote contain center(h,k)

Example of Solving Online Vertex of a Hyperbola

Example 1:Find the vertex and center  for the given hyperbola.


9x^2-16y^2+18x+160y-247=0

Solution:

First put the equation into standard form.

9x² - 16y² + 18x + 160y - 247 = 0

Now complete the square.

9(x² + 2x + 1) - 16(y² - 10y + 25) = 247 + 9 - 400
9(x + 1)² - 16(y - 5)² = -144

Multiply thru by -1 since the right hand side is negative.

16(y - 5)² - 9(x + 1)² = 144

Set equal to one.

(y - 5)²/9 - (x + 1)²/16 = 1

Since y² is the positive squared term, the pair of hyperbolas open vertically up and down.

The center (h,k) = (-1,5).

a² = 9 and b² = 16
a = 3 and b = 4

The vertices are (h,k-a) and (h,k+a) or
(-1,5-3) and (-1,5+3) which is (-1,2) and (-1,8).

c² = a² + b² = 9 + 16 = 25
c = 5

The foci are (h,k-c) and (h,k+c) or
(-1,5-5) and (-1,5+5) which is (-1,0) and (-1,10).

Example 2:

Find the vertices of the given hyperbolic equation:y^2/16-x^2/9=1


Step 1:
center (0, 0)

Step 2:
a2 = 9; a= 3
b2 = 16; b = 4

Step 3:
Vertices = (0, 3)
= (0, -3)

Step 4:
Find c value
c2=a2+b2
c2 = 9 + 16
c2 = 25
c = 5

Focus = (0, 5)
= (0, -5)

The vertical hyperbola of the given equation is ((3, 0) (-3, 0)

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