SOLUTION: Sketch and identify the given conic 12 x^2 – 3y^2 – 18x - 3y – 10 = 0

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Question 129870: Sketch and identify the given conic


12 x^2 – 3y^2 – 18x - 3y – 10 = 0

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation


Rearrange the terms


Add to both sides


Complete the square for the x terms


Complete the square for the y terms


Combine like terms


Reduce


Add to both sides


Combine like terms


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Notice how the equation is now in the form . This means that this conic section is a hyperbola which opens up in the x direction.


So the conic section looks like this:



Graph of

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