document.write( "Question 1158804: 9x^2-24xy+16y^2-20x-15y-50=0\r
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A quadratic equation of the form \"Ax%5E2%2BBxy%2BCy%5E2%2BDx%2BEy%2BF=0\" , like \"9x%5E2-24xy%2B16y%5E2-20x-15y-50=0\" , could represent a circle, ellipse, hyperbola, parabola.
\n" ); document.write( "In special cases it could represent a point, a line, a pair of lines, or no point that could exist, depending on the values of the coefficients.
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\n" ); document.write( "ROTATING AXES:
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\n" ); document.write( "From coordinates (x, y), to get the new coordinates (u, v) that would result for a point (x,y) after rotating the coordinate axes counterclockwise an angle \"+alpha+\" we can apply
\n" ); document.write( "\"u=x%2Acos%28alpha%29%2By%2Asin%28alpha%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"v=-x%2Asin%28alpha%29%2By%2Acos%28alpha%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "From (u, v), rotating an angle \"-alpha\" (the reverse change) we get (x,y) using
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=u%2Acos%28-alpha%29-v%2Asin%28-alpha%29\" --> \"highlight%28x=u%2Acos%28alpha%29-v%2Asin%28alpha%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-u+%2Asin%28-alpha%29%2Bv%2Acos%28-alpha%29%29\" --> \"highlight%28y=u%2Asin%28alpha%29%2Bv%2Acos%28alpha%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substituting \"u%2Acos%28alpha%29-v%2Asin%28alpha%29\" for \"x\" and \"+u%2Asin%28alpha%29%2Bv%2Acos%28alpha%29\" for \"y\" in \"9x%5E2-24xy%2B16y%5E2-20x-15y-50=0\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "with a lot of busy algebra work, we could get a new equation in \"u\" and \"v\" with new expressions for the new coefficients.
\n" ); document.write( "That is grueling, mistake-inducing work (and torture to type and edit).
\n" ); document.write( "We would have expressions involving \"alpha\" for all the new coefficients of terms with \"u\" and/or \"v\" , including the coefficient of the term in \"uv\" .
\n" ); document.write( "That coefficient must be made equal to zero.
\n" ); document.write( "From the equation making the coefficient of \"uv\" equal to zero, a value for \"alpha\" needs to be found to be used to calculate all other coefficients.
\n" ); document.write( "Maybe that is the initial work that was expected for this problem.
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\n" ); document.write( "IDENTIFYING VERTEX (OR VERTICES):
\n" ); document.write( "The new equation on \"u\" and \"v\" should be identified as a parabola (one vertex), a hyperbola (two vertices), an ellipse (two vertices and two co-vertices), or something else.
\n" ); document.write( "Then, the (u,v) coordinates for any vertices should be found, and converted into (x,y) coordinates.
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\n" ); document.write( "POSSIBLE SHORTCUTS:
\n" ); document.write( "Rotating the coordinate axes counterclockwise an angle \"alpha\" , from an equation
\n" ); document.write( "\"Ax%5E2%2BBxy%2BCy%5E2%2BDx%2BEy%2BF=0\" we get a new equation in \"u\" and \"v\" with new coefficients:
\n" ); document.write( "\"Jx%5E2%2BKxy%2BLy%5E2%2BMx%2BNy%2BF=0\" .
\n" ); document.write( "The new coefficients can be found to be:
\n" ); document.write( "\"J=A%2Acos%5E2%28alpha%29+%2BB%2Asin%28alpha%29cos%28alpha%29%2BC%2Asin%5E2%28alpha%29+\" ,
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\n" ); document.write( "\"M=+D%2Acos%28alpha%29%2BE%2Asin%28alpha%29\" , and \"N=-D%2A+sin%28alpha%29%2BE%2Acos%28alpha%29\" .
\n" ); document.write( "To eliminate the term in \"uv\" we must find a value for \"alpha\" that makes
\n" ); document.write( " using the trigonometric identities
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\n" ); document.write( "Then, it becomes \"B%2Acos%282alpha%29=%28A-C%29%2Asin%282alpha%29\" --> \"+B%2F%28A-C%29=sin%282alpha%29%2F+cos%282alpha%29\" --> \"system%28B%2F%28A-C%29=X%2C+sin%282alpha%29=cos%282alpha%29%28B%2F%28A-C%29%29%29\" . B/(A-C)=tan(2alpha), sin(2alpha)=cos(2alpha)(B/(A-C)
\n" ); document.write( "Avoiding mistakes, with careful algebra work, I might have been able to find the expressions outlined above.
\n" ); document.write( "I just copied them from an old Analytical Geometry textbook.
\n" ); document.write( "The value \"B%5E2-4AC\" , called the discriminant, suggests parabola, ellipse, or hyperbola if it is zero, negative, or positive respectively.
\n" ); document.write( "I got that from the book too.
\n" ); document.write( "In the case of \"9x%5E2-24xy%2B16y%5E2-20x-15y-50=0\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "\"B%5E2-4AC=24%5E2-4%2A9%2A16=3%5E2%2A8%5E2-9%2A8%5E2=576-576=0\" says the equation represents a parabola.
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\n" ); document.write( "A SHORTCUT THAT SHOULD BE ALLOWED:
\n" ); document.write( "Using , we can translate into (u, v) coordinates the terms of degree 2 (the first 3 terms):
\n" ); document.write( "\"9x%5E2=9%28u%2Acos%28alpha%29-v%2Asin%28alpha%29%29%5E2\"\"%22=%22\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"%22=%22\"\"%22=%22\"\"%22=%22\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"16y%5E2=16%28u%2Asin%28alpha%29%2Bv%2Acos%28alpha%29%29%5E2\"\"%22=%22\"
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\n" ); document.write( "When “collecting like terms”, the term in \"uv\" will be
\n" ); document.write( "\"-18uv%2Asin%28alpha%29cos%28alpha%29+%2B32uv%2Asin%28alpha%29cos%28alpha%29\" .
\n" ); document.write( "Making the coefficient of \"uv\" equal to zero, we get the equation
\n" ); document.write( "\"-18sin%28alpha%29cos%28alpha%29+%2B32sin%28alpha%29cos%28alpha%29=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "We can simplify that equation using the trigonometric identities
\n" ); document.write( "\"cos%282alpha%29=cos%5E2%28alpha%29-sin%5E2%28alpha%29\" and \"sin%282alpha%29=2sin%28alpha%29cos%28alpha%29\" .
\n" ); document.write( "We get \"7sin%282alpha%29=24cos%282alpha%29\" --> \"system%28sin%282alpha%29=%2824%2F7%29cos%282alpha%29%2C+and%2C+tan%282alpha%29=24%2F7%29\" From that we would not get an exact value for \"2alpha\" or \"alpha\" , but we know that alpha is in.
\n" ); document.write( "A calculator would give you an approximation with enough digits to figure out that \"cos%28alpha%29=0.8\" and \"sin%28alpha%29=0.6\" .
\n" ); document.write( "We can get exact values of the trigonometric functions and their squares, from \"sin%282alpha%29=%2824%2F7%29cos%282alpha%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"sin%5E2%282alpha%29%2Bcos%5E2%282alpha%29=1\" --> \"%28%2824%2F7%29cos%282alpha%29%29%5E2%2Bcos%5E2%282alpha%29=1\" --> \"%28576%2F49%29cos%5E2%282alpha%29%2Bcos%5E2%282alpha%29=1\" --> \"%28576%2F49%2B1%29cos%5E2%282alpha%29=1\" --> \"%28625%2F49%29cos%5E2%282alpha%29=1\" --> \"cos%5E2%282alpha%29=49%2F625\" --> \"highlight%28cos%282alpha%29=7%2F25%29\" and \"highlight%28cos%282alpha%29=7%2F25=cos%5E2%28alpha%29-sin%5E2%28alpha%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Then, \"sin%282alpha%29=%2824%2F7%29cos%282alpha%29\" --> \"sin%282alpha%29=%2824%2F7%29%287%2F25%29=24%2F25\" , so \"highlight%28sin%282alpha%29=24%2F25=2sin%28alpha%29cos%28alpha%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "The sine and cosine of \"alpha\" can also be calculated from \"cos%282alpha%29\" using the trigonometric identities for half angles as
\n" ); document.write( " --> \"highlight%28sin%28alpha%29=3%2F5=0.6%29\" and
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\n" ); document.write( "Now we can go back to expressions for the terms in \"u%5E2\" and \"v%5E2\" , and substitute for the trigonometric functions involved the values we found and highlighted before.
\n" ); document.write( "As found before they come from the original terms \"9x%5E2\" , \"-24xy\" , and \"16y%5E2\" expressed as a function of \"u\", \"v\" and \"alpha\" :
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28sin%282alpha%29=24%2F25-sin%28alpha%29cos%28alpha%29%29\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28cos%282alpha%29=7%2F25=cos%5E2%28alpha%29-sin%5E2%28alpha%29%29\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28sin%28alpha%29=3%2F5=0.6%29\" and \"highlight%28cos%28alpha%29=4%2F5=0.8%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"9x%5E2=9%28u%2Acos%28alpha%29-v%2Asin%28alpha%29%29%5E2\"\"%22=%22\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-24xy\"\"%22=%22\" ,
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\n" ); document.write( "\"16y%5E2=16%28u%2Asin%28alpha%29%2Bv%2Acos%28alpha%29%29%5E2\"\"%22=%22\"
\n" ); document.write( "Collecting like terms, we find the term in \"u%5E2\" to be
\n" ); document.write( "\"%22=%22\"\"red%289%284%2F5%29%5E2%28alpha%29-24%284%2F5%29%283%2F5%29%2B16%2A%283%2F5%29%5E2%29u%5E2\"\"%22=%22\"\"red%289%2A16%2F25-12%2812%2F25%29%2B16%2A%289%2F25%29%29u%5E2\"\"%22=%22\"\"red%28%28144-288-1440%2F25%29%29u%5E2\"\"%22=%22\"\"highlight%28red%280%29%2Au%5E2%29\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "and the tern in \"v%5E2\" to be
\n" ); document.write( "\"%22=%22\"\"blue%289%283%2F5%29%5E2%2B24%283%2F5%29%284%2F5%29%2B16%284%2F5%29%5E2%29v%5E2\"\"%22=%22\"\"blue%289%2A9%2F25%2B24%2A12%2F25%2B16%2816%2F25%29%29v%5E2\"\"%22=%22\"\"blue%2881%2B288%2B256%2F25%29%29v%5E2\"\"%22=%22\"\"blue%28625%2F25%29%29v%5E2\"\"%22=%22\"\"highlight%28blue%2825%29v%5E2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "The linear (degree 1) terms in \"u\" and \"v\" come from
\n" ); document.write( "\"-20x=-20%28u%2Acos%28alpha%29-v%2Asin%28alpha%29%29\"\"%22=%22\"\"-20%28%284%2F5%29u-%283%2F5%29v%29=-16u%2B12v\" , and
\n" ); document.write( "\"-15y=-15%28u%2Asin%28alpha%29%2Bv%2Acos%28alpha%29%29\"\"%22=%22\"\"-15%28%283%2F5%29u%2B%284%2F5v%29%29=-9u-12v\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-20x-15v=-16u%2B12v-9u-12v=-25u%2B0v\"
\n" ); document.write( "The equation on \"u\" and \"v\" is
\n" ); document.write( "\"red%280%29%2Au%5E2%2B0%2Auv%2Bblue%2825%29v%5E2-25u%2B0v-50=0\" or \"25v%5E2-25u-50=0\" , which simplifies to \"v%5E2-u-2=0\" or \"u=v%5E2-2\" , representing a parabola with axis \"v=0\", and vertex \"V%28-2%2C0%29\" all in u,v coordinates.
\n" ); document.write( "The x,y coordinates of the vertex are
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=u%2Acos%28alpha%29-v%2Asin%28alpha%29=-2%2A%284%2F5%29-0%2A%283%2F5%29=-8%2F5=-1.6\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=u%2Asin%28alpha%29%2Bv%2Acos%28alpha%29=-2%2A%283%2F5%29%2B0%2A%284%2F5%29=6%2F5=-1.2\"
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