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Ch. 7 - Conic Sections
Blitzer - College Algebra 8th Edition
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8장, 문제 3

Graph the ellipse and locate the foci. 9x^2 + 4y^2 - 18x + 8y -23 = 0

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Rewrite the given equation in standard form by grouping the x-terms and y-terms together: \( 9x^2 - 18x + 4y^2 + 8y = 23 \).
Complete the square for the x-terms. Factor out the coefficient of \(x^2\) (which is 9) from \(9x^2 - 18x\): \(9(x^2 - 2x)\). Then, complete the square inside the parentheses by adding and subtracting \((\frac{-2}{2})^2 = 1\): \(9(x^2 - 2x + 1 - 1) = 9((x - 1)^2 - 1)\).
Complete the square for the y-terms. Factor out the coefficient of \(y^2\) (which is 4) from \(4y^2 + 8y\): \(4(y^2 + 2y)\). Then, complete the square inside the parentheses by adding and subtracting \((\frac{2}{2})^2 = 1\): \(4(y^2 + 2y + 1 - 1) = 4((y + 1)^2 - 1)\).
Substitute the completed squares back into the equation: \(9((x - 1)^2 - 1) + 4((y + 1)^2 - 1) = 23\). Simplify the constants: \(9(x - 1)^2 - 9 + 4(y + 1)^2 - 4 = 23\), which simplifies further to \(9(x - 1)^2 + 4(y + 1)^2 = 36\).
Divide through by 36 to express the equation in standard form: \(\frac{(x - 1)^2}{4} + \frac{(y + 1)^2}{9} = 1\). From this, identify the center \((1, -1)\), the semi-major axis length \(3\), the semi-minor axis length \(2\), and calculate the foci using \(c = \sqrt{a^2 - b^2}\), where \(a = 3\) and \(b = 2\).

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