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if the hyperbola opens right and left, \r\n" );
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if the hyperbola opens upward and downward.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get the loose number -1 off the left side\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor the coefficient of
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document.write( "last two terms on the left. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Complete the square on
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document.write( "the coefficient of x, which is -2 by
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document.write( "and then squaring -1, getting +1. And we add that inside the\r\n" );
document.write( "first parentheses. However since there is a 4 in fromt of the\r\n" );
document.write( "first parentheses, adding +1 inside the parentheses amounts\r\n" );
document.write( "to adding +4*1 or +4 to the left side, so we must add +4 \r\n" );
document.write( "to the right side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Complete the square on
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document.write( "the coefficient of y, which is -2 by
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document.write( "and then squaring -1, getting +1. And we add that inside the\r\n" );
document.write( "second parentheses. However since there is a -1 in fromt of the\r\n" );
document.write( "second parentheses, adding +1 inside the parentheses amounts\r\n" );
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or -1 to the left side, so we must add -1 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor the parentheses as squares of binomials, and combine\r\n" );
document.write( "the numbers on the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get a 1 on the right by dividing through by 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the variable x comes first in the standard form, the\r\n" );
document.write( "hyperbola opens right and left.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we compare that to:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The center is at (1,1). So we plot the center:\r\n" );
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document.write( "long, so we draw the complete transverse axis right and left\r\n" );
document.write( "1 unit from the center, that is, the tranverse axis is the \r\n" );
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document.write( "The two vertices are the endpoints of the transverse axis, so the\r\n" );
document.write( "vertices are the two points \r\n" );
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document.write( "(0,1) and (2,1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "long, so we draw the complete conjugate axis up and down\r\n" );
document.write( "2 units from the center, that is, the conjugate axis is the \r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we draw in the defining rectangle\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we can draw the asymptotes which are the extended diagonals\r\n" );
document.write( "of the defining rectangle:\r\n" );
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document.write( "and we can sketch in the hyperbola:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The slopes of the asymptotes are
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document.write( "They go through the point which is the center of the hyperbola (1,1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using m=2\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using m=-2\r\n" );
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document.write( "To find the foci. we find c using\r\n" );
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document.write( "The foci are c units right and left of the center:\r\n" );
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document.write( "They are (1-
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