SOLUTION: Find the EQUATION for the conic with given: Vertices (4,0);(4,4) One Asymptote EQS >> y= -2x+10 Missed a few days of class, having trouble!

Question 77889: Find the EQUATION for the conic with given:
Vertices (4,0);(4,4)
One Asymptote EQS >> y= -2x+10
Missed a few days of class, having trouble!
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this is a hyperbola of the form with (h,k) being the center of the graph (mid-way between the vertices)

a is equal to 1/2 the distance between the vertices; and the absolute value of the slope of the asymptote is a/b

so h=4, k=2, a=2, and b=1...the equation is
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