SOLUTION: Find the vertices of the hyperbola defined by the equation: (x-7)^2/4-(x-1)^2/16=1.Please help I can't remember how to do this.

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Question 397353: Find the vertices of the hyperbola defined by the equation: (x-7)^2/4-(x-1)^2/16=1.Please help I can't remember how to do this.
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Sorry, but you don't have a hyperbola.



Is a hyperbola with center at (7, 1) and vertices at (5, 1) and (9, 1).



Is a hyperbola with center at (1, 7) and vertices at (1, 5) and (1, 9).

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