Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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Chapter 12 - Section 12.6 - Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces - 12.6 Exercises - Page 840: 31

Answer

Elliptic Cone

Work Step by Step

Re-write as: $\displaystyle \frac{y^{2}}{1^{2}}=\frac{x^{2}}{1^{2}}+\frac{z^{2}}{3^{2}}$ or, $\displaystyle \frac{y^{2}}{1}=\frac{x^{2}}{1}+\frac{z^{2}}{9}$ We see that we have the equation of an Elliptic Cone. Here, we have the y-axis as the axis, and (0,0,0) as the vertex. Traces in the planes x=k and z=k are hyperbolas for $k\neq 0$, and straight lines for k=0 parallel to the yz-plane. Traces in the y=k planes are ellipses parallel to the xz-plane.
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