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Ch.12 - Parametric and Polar Curves
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 12, Problema 12.4.21

13–30. Graphing conic sections Determine whether the following equations describe a parabola, an ellipse, or a hyperbola, and then sketch a graph of the curve. For each parabola, specify the location of the focus and the equation of the directrix; for each ellipse, label the coordinates of the vertices and foci, and find the lengths of the major and minor axes; for each hyperbola, label the coordinates of the vertices and foci, and find the equations of the asymptotes.


4x² - y² = 16

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Rewrite the given equation 4x² - y² = 16 in a standard form by dividing both sides by 16 to isolate the terms: \(\frac{4x^{2}}{16} - \frac{y^{2}}{16} = 1\).
Simplify the fractions to get \(\frac{x^{2}}{4} - \frac{y^{2}}{16} = 1\), which matches the standard form of a hyperbola \(\frac{x^{2}}{a^{2}} - \frac{y^{2}}{b^{2}} = 1\) where \(a^{2} = 4\) and \(b^{2} = 16\).
Identify the center of the hyperbola at the origin (0,0), and note that since the \(x^{2}\) term is positive, the hyperbola opens left and right along the x-axis.
Find the vertices by using \(a = \sqrt{4} = 2\), so the vertices are at \((\pm 2, 0)\).
Calculate the foci using \(c = \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2}} = \sqrt{4 + 16} = \sqrt{20}\), so the foci are at \((\pm \sqrt{20}, 0)\), and find the equations of the asymptotes using \(y = \pm \frac{b}{a} x = \pm \frac{4}{2} x = \pm 2x\).

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