Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

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

Chapter 10 - Section 10.5 - Conic Sections - 10.5 Exercises - Page 708: 21

Answer

Vertices: $(\pm 10,0)$ Foci: $(\pm 10\sqrt 2, 0)$ Asymptotes: $y = \pm x$

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 $c^2=a^2+b^2$, the vertices $(\pm a,0)$, and the asymptotes $y=\pm(b/a)x$. We have $x^2-y^2=100$. This equation can be written as $\frac{x^2}{100}-\frac{y^2}{100}=1$. Then, $a^2=100\to a=10$ $b^2=100\to b=10$ $c=\sqrt{a^2+b^2}=\sqrt{10^2+10^2}=\sqrt{10^2\cdot 2}=10\sqrt{2}$ $b/a=10/10\to b/a=1$ So, the foci are $(\pm 10\sqrt{2},0)$, the vertices are $(\pm 10,0)$, and the asymptotes are $y=\pm x$.
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