Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 10 - Section 10.5 - Conic Sections - 10.5 Exercises - Page 680: 46

Answer

$\frac{(x-3)^{2}}{16}-\frac{(y-2)^{2}}{9}=1$

Work Step by Step

From the given points, The distance between the two vertices is $8$. Therefore, the equation of the parabola is: $\sqrt {(x+2)^2+(y-2)^2}-\sqrt {(x-8)^2+(y-2)^2}=\pm 8$ $\sqrt {(x+2)^2+(y-2)^2}=\pm 8+\sqrt {(x-8)^2+(y-2)^2}$ Squaring both side, we get $5x-31=\pm4 \sqrt {(x-8)^2+(y-2)^2}$ Thus, $\frac{(x-3)^{2}}{16}-\frac{(y-2)^{2}}{9}=1$
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