Transcript Notes
Today in Precalculus
• Go over homework
• Notes: Hyperbolas
Completing the square
Eccentricity
• Homework
Hyperbolas
Prove that the graph of 9x2 – 4y2 – 18x + 8y + 41 = 0 is an
hyperbola. Find the center, vertices and foci. Then graph the
hyperbola by hand.
9x2 – 18x – 4y2 + 8y = -41
9(x2 – 2x) – 4(y2 – 2y) = -41
9(x2 – 2x + 1) – 4(y2 – 2y + 1) = -41 + 9 - 4
9(x – 1)2 – 4(y – 1)2 = -36
9( x 1) 2 4( y 1) 2 36
36
36
36
( y 1) 2 ( x 1) 2
1
9
4
( y 1) ( x 1)
1
9
4
Center: (1, 1)
a = ±3
Vertices: (1, -2), (1, 4)
c2 = 9 +4 = 13
c = ±3.6
Foci: (1, -2.6), (1,4.6 )
Pts on conjugate axis
b = ±2
(-1,1), (3,1)
2
y yy
2
x x
3
Asymptotes : y ( x 1) 1
2
x
Example 2
Prove that the graph of 9y2 – 25x2 + 72y – 100x +269 = 0 is
an hyperbola. Find the center, vertices and foci. Then graph
the hyperbola by hand.
9y2 + 72y – 25x2 – 100x = -269
9(y2 + 8y) – 25(x2 + 4x) = - 269
9(y2 + 8y + 16) – 25(x2 + 4x + 4) = -269 +144 -100
9(y + 4)2 – 25(x + 2)2 = -225
9( y 4) 2 25( x 2) 2 225
225
225
225
( x 2)2 ( y 4)2
1
9
25
( x 2) ( y 4)
1
9
25
2
2
Center: (-2, -4)
a=±3
Vertices: (-5, -4), (1, -4)
c2 = 9 + 25 =34
c = ±5.8
Foci: (-7.8, -4), (3.8, -4)
Pts on conjugate axis
b = ±5
5
(-2, -9), (-2, 1)
Asymptotes : y ( x 2) 4
3
Eccentricity
c
a2 b 2
e
a
a
Where a is the semitranvserse axis and
b is the semiconjugate axis.
Example a:
9 49
e
Example b:
3
2.539
16 25
e
1.601
4
Homework
Page 664: 47-50
Ellipse and Hyperbola Quiz: Tuesday, February 26