document.write( "Question 515834: Complete the square to determine whether the equation
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\n" ); document.write( "conic. If the graph is an ellipse, find the center, foci, vertices,
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It is a hyperbola, find the center,
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\n" ); document.write( "x^2-y^2 = 10(x-y)+1
\n" ); document.write( "x^2-y^2 = 10x-10y+1
\n" ); document.write( "x^2-10x-y^2+10y=1
\n" ); document.write( "complete the square
\n" ); document.write( "(x^2-10x+25)-(y^2-10y+25)=1+25-25=1
\n" ); document.write( "(x-5)^2-(y-5)^2=1
\n" ); document.write( "This is an equation of a hyperbola with horizontal transverse axis of the standard form:
\n" ); document.write( "(x-h)^2/a^2-(y-k)^2/b^2=1, with (h,k) being the (x,y) coordinates of the center:
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\n" ); document.write( "center: (5, 5)
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\n" ); document.write( "c^2=a^2+b^2=1+1=2
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\n" ); document.write( "foci: (5±c,5)=(5±√2,5)=(5+√2,5) and (5-√2,5)
\n" ); document.write( "vertices: (5±a,5)=(5±1,5)=(6,5) and (4,5)
\n" ); document.write( "slope:± b/a=±1/1=±1
\n" ); document.write( "equation of asymptotes: y=mx+b=±(1)x+b
\n" ); document.write( "equation for slope=-1
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\n" ); document.write( "solving for b using (x,y) coordinates of center thru which asymptotes pass
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\n" ); document.write( "equation for slope=1
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\n" ); document.write( "solving for b using (x,y) coordinates of center thru which asymptotes pass
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\n" ); document.write( "see graph below as a visual check on the answers above:
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