SOLUTION: How do I solve the equation 4x^2 - 9y^2 = 9 for a hyperbola when I can not make it fit the standard form of x^2/a - y^2/b = 1 because of the 4 and 9. Any help is appreciated

Question 296335: How do I solve the equation 4x^2 - 9y^2 = 9 for a hyperbola when I can not make it fit the standard form of x^2/a - y^2/b = 1 because of the 4 and 9. Any help is appreciated
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By "solve" you probably mean "write in standard form" This is the standard form of an equation of a hyperbola with center at (0, 0) and vertices on the x-axis.
Divide both sides by 9.
Notice that and so you can rewrite the first term:

Comparing this with:
you can see that:
and
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