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Ch.12 - Parametric and Polar Curves
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 12, Problema 12.4.45

39–50. Equations of ellipses and hyperbolas Find an equation of the following ellipses and hyperbolas, assuming the center is at the origin. 
A hyperbola with vertices (±2, 0) and asymptotes y = ±3x/2

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Identify the orientation of the hyperbola based on the vertices. Since the vertices are at (±2, 0), the hyperbola opens horizontally along the x-axis.
Write the standard form of the hyperbola equation centered at the origin with a horizontal transverse axis: \(\frac{x^{2}}{a^{2}} - \frac{y^{2}}{b^{2}} = 1\).
Use the vertices to find \(a\). The vertices are at (±a, 0), so from (±2, 0), we have \(a = 2\), which means \(a^{2} = 4\).
Use the slopes of the asymptotes to find \(b\). For a hyperbola with a horizontal transverse axis, the asymptotes are given by \(y = \pm \frac{b}{a} x\). Given the asymptotes \(y = \pm \frac{3}{2} x\), set \(\frac{b}{a} = \frac{3}{2}\) and solve for \(b\).
Substitute the values of \(a^{2}\) and \(b^{2}\) into the standard form equation \(\frac{x^{2}}{a^{2}} - \frac{y^{2}}{b^{2}} = 1\) to write the equation of the hyperbola.

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