Sunday, August 14, 2011

Determine the points on the hyperbola x^2/9 - y^2/4 - 1 = 0 that have x=4

For the hyperbola x^2/9 - y^2/4 - 1 = 0, when x = 4 , we
have


x^2/9 - y^2/4 - 1 =
0


=> 4^2 / 9 - y^2 / 4 - 1 =
0


=> y^2 / 4 = 4^2 / 9  -
1


=> y^2 / 4 = 16 / 9  -
9/9


=> y^2 / 4 =
7/9


=> y^2 =
7*4/9


=> y = (2/3)*sqrt 7 and y = -(2/3)sqrt
7


So the points on the hyperbola that have x = 4
are


(4 , (2/3)*sqrt 7) and ( 4 , -(2/3)sqrt
7)

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