Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337613924
ISBN 13: 978-1-33761-392-7

Chapter 10 - Review - Exercises - Page 721: 50

Answer

Foci: $(\pm 2\sqrt{5},0)$ Vertices: $(\pm 2,0)$

Work Step by Step

Recall: The hyperbola $\frac{x^2}{a^2}-\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1$ has the foci $(\pm c,0)$ where $c^2=a^2+b^2$ and the vertices $(\pm a,0)$. We have $4x^2-y^2=16$. Rewrite the equation above: $\frac{4x^2-y^2}{16}=\frac{16}{16}$ $\frac{x^2}{4}-\frac{y^2}{16}=1$ Then, $a^2=4\rightarrow a=2$ $b^2=16\rightarrow b=4$ $c=\sqrt{a^2+b^2}=\sqrt{4+16}=\sqrt{20}=2\sqrt{5}$ So, the foci are $(\pm 2\sqrt{5},0)$ and the vertices are $(\pm 2,0)$.
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