document.write( "Question 624475: what is the length of the transverse axis of the hyperbola defined by the equation (y+3)^2/7^2- (x+3)^2/3^2=1 \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "what is the length of the transverse axis of the hyperbola defined by the equation 
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document.write( "(y+3)^2/7^2- (x+3)^2/3^2=1  
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document.write( "length of the transverse axis = 14, the distance between the vertices along x = -3
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document.write( "Standard Form of an Equation of an Hyperbola opening up and down is:
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document.write( "  \"%28y-k%29%5E2%2Fb%5E2+-+%28x-h%29%5E2%2Fa%5E2+=+1\" with C(h,k) and vertices 'b' units up and down from center, 2b the length of the transverse axis 
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document.write( "Foci \"sqrt%28a%5E2%2Bb%5E2%29\"units units up and down from center, along x = h
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document.write( "& Asymptotes Lines passing thru C(h,k), with slopes m =  ± b/a\r
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document.write( "Standard Form of an Equation of an Hyperbola opening right and  left is:
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document.write( "  \"%28x-h%29%5E2%2Fa%5E2+-+%28y-k%29%5E2%2Fb%5E2+=+1\" with C(h,k) and vertices 'a' units right and left of center,  2a the length of the transverse axis 
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document.write( "Foci are \"sqrt%28a%5E2%2Bb%5E2%29\" units right and left of center along y = k
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document.write( "& Asymptotes Lines passing thru C(h,k), with slopes  m =  ± b/a 
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