document.write( "Question 694602: What are the vertices of the hyperbola given by [(y-1)^2/4]-[(x-2)^2/16]=1?
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document.write( "It's in the form\r\n" );
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document.write( " = 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "The center is (h,k) = (2,1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Because the term in y comes first, it's a hyperbola like this .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the vertices are \"a\" units above and below the center.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So they are (2,1±2), that is, (2,-1) and (2,3) \r\n" );
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