# Precalculus : Pre-Calculus

## Example Questions

### Example Question #77 : Understand Features Of Hyperbolas And Ellipses

Find the equations of the asymptotes for the hyperbola with the following equation:

Explanation:

For a hyperbola with its foci on the -axis, like the one given in the equation, recall the standard form of the equation:

, where  is the center of the hyperbola.

The slopes of this hyperbola are given by the following:

For the hyperbola in question,  and .

Thus, the slopes for its asymptotes are .

Now, plug in the center of the hyperbola into the point-slope form of the equation fo the line to get the equations of the asymptotes.

The center of the hyperbola is . The equations of the asymptotes are then:

### Example Question #78 : Understand Features Of Hyperbolas And Ellipses

Find the equations of the asymptotes for the hyperbola with the following equation:

Explanation:

For a hyperbola with its foci on the -axis, like the one given in the equation, recall the standard form of the equation:

, where  is the center of the hyperbola.

The slopes of this hyperbola are given by the following:

For the hyperbola in question,  and .

Thus, the slopes for its asymptotes are .

Now, plug in the center of the hyperbola into the point-slope form of an equation of a line to find the equations of the asymptotes. The center of the hyperbola is .

The equations of the asymptotes can be then given by the following:

### Example Question #71 : Understand Features Of Hyperbolas And Ellipses

Find the equations of the asymptotes for the hyperbola with the following equation:

Explanation:

For a hyperbola with its foci on the -axis, like the one given in the equation, recall the standard form of the equation:

, where  is the center of the hyperbola.

Start by putting the given equation into the standard form of the equation of a hyperbola.

Group the  terms together and  terms together.

Factor out  from the  terms and  from the  terms.

Complete the squares. Remember to add the amount amount to both sides of the equation!

Add  to both sides of the equation:

Divide both sides by .

Factor the two terms to get the standard form of the equation of a hyperbola.

The slopes of this hyperbola are given by the following:

For the hyperbola in question,  and .

Thus, the slopes for its asymptotes are .

Now, plug in the center of the hyperbola,  into the point-slope form of the equation of a line to get the equations of the asymptotes.

For the first equation,

For the second equation,

### Example Question #79 : Understand Features Of Hyperbolas And Ellipses

Find the equations of the asymptotes for the hyperbola with the following equation:

Explanation:

For a hyperbola with its foci on the -axis, like the one given in the equation, recall the standard form of the equation:

, where  is the center of the hyperbola.

Start by putting the given equation into the standard form of the equation of a hyperbola.

Group the  terms together and  terms together.

Factor out  from the  terms and  from the  terms.

Complete the squares. Remember to add the amount amount to both sides of the equation!

Add  to both sides of the equation:

Divide both sides by .

Factor the two terms to get the standard form of the equation of a hyperbola.

The slopes of this hyperbola are given by the following:

For the hyperbola in question,  and .

Thus, the slopes for its asymptotes are .

Now, plug in the center of the hyperbola into the point-slope form of the equation of alien to get the equations for the asymptotes.

The center of the hyperbola is .

The equations for the asymptotes are then:

### Example Question #81 : Understand Features Of Hyperbolas And Ellipses

Find the equations of the asymptotes for the hyperbola with the following equation:

Explanation:

For a hyperbola with its foci on the -axis, like the one given in the equation, recall the standard form of the equation:

, where  is the center of the hyperbola.

The slopes of the asymptotes for this hyperbola are given by the following:

For the hyperbola in question,  and .

Thus, the slopes for its asymptotes are .

Now, use the point-slope form of a line in addition to the center of the hyperbola to find the equations of the asymptotes.

The center is at .

To find the equations of the asymptotes, use the point-slope form of a line.

### Example Question #82 : Understand Features Of Hyperbolas And Ellipses

Find the equations for the asymptotes of the following hyperbola:

AND

AND

AND

Explanation:

The standard form of a hyperbola is given by

The equations for the asymptotes of a hyperbola are given by

Since our equation is already in standard form, we know h=5, k=-3, and

Plugging these vaules into the equation for the asymptote gives

So, the equations for the asymptotes are given by

AND

### Example Question #1751 : Pre Calculus

Find the center and the vertices of the following hyperbola:

Explanation:

In order to find the center and the vertices of the hyperbola given in the problem, we must examine the standard form of a hyperbola:

The point (h,k) gives the center of the hyperbola. We can see that the equation in this problem resembles the second option for standard form above, so right away we can see the center is at:

In the first option, where the x term is in front of the y term, the hyperbola opens left and right. In the second option, where the y term is in front of the x term, the hyperbola opens up and down. In either case, the distance tells how far above and below or to the left and right of the center the vertices of the hyperbola are. Our equation is in the first form, where the x term is first, so the hyperbola opens left and right, which means the vertices are a distance  to the left and right of the center. We can now calculate  by identifying it in our equation, and then go 3 units to the left and right of our center to find the following vertices:

### Example Question #83 : Understand Features Of Hyperbolas And Ellipses

Find the center of the hyperbola with the following equation:

Explanation:

Recall the standard form of the equation of a hyperbola can come in two forms:

and

In both cases, the center of the hyperbola is located at .

For the hyperbola in question,  and , so the center is at .

### Example Question #84 : Understand Features Of Hyperbolas And Ellipses

Find the center of the hyperbola with the following equation:

Explanation:

Recall the standard form of the equation of a hyperbola can come in two forms:

and

In both cases, the center of the hyperbola is located at .

For the hyperbola in question,  and , so the center is at .

### Example Question #85 : Understand Features Of Hyperbolas And Ellipses

Find the vertices of the hyperbola with the following equation:

Explanation:

Recall the standard form of the equation of a hyperbola can come in two forms:

and

In both cases, the center of the hyperbola is located at .

For the hyperbola with the equation , the vertices are located at .

For the hyperbola with the equation , the vertices are located at .

For the hyperbola in question, the center is located at  and . The vertices must be at  and .