Determining the Type and Position of a Second-Order Curve from Its Equation
[10/100%]Find the foci and directrices of the rectangular (equilateral) hyperbola .
Find the foci of the hyperbola:
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Find the coordinates of the focus of the parabola .
Set up the equation of the directrix of the parabola .
Find the foci and corresponding directrices of the following curves:
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Using a translation of the coordinate axes, find the canonical equation and determine the position of the second-order curves given by the equations:
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Find the centers of the following second-order curves:
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Find the canonical form and the formulas relating the original coordinates to the canonical ones, for the following second-order curves:
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Determine the canonical form and canonical coordinate system of the following second-order curves:
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In a rectangular coordinate system, a second-order curve is given by the equation .
Reduce the given equation to canonical form.
Find the relation between the old coordinates and and the new (canonical) coordinates and .
Find the coordinates of the center, vertices, and foci of this curve relative to the original coordinate system.
Set up the equations of the directrices, asymptotes, and tangents at the vertices of this curve in the original coordinate system.