Ma18a&b F

Chapter 3 Reviewer

16 July 2014
J. Briones

General Instructions: Show all pertinent and relevant solutions. Remember this is
not a quiz bee. So do not give answers without solutions or explanations. Box your final
answer. GOODLUCK!
1. A parabola with equation x2 bx + 17 = ay has a vertex at (3, 2). Find the focus
and the directrix of the parabola.
2. Solve the system.
(
x2 2x 4y 2 + 8y 2
=0
2
2
5x 10x + 12y + 24y 58 = 0
3. What translation of the graph y =

4x2 + 8x + 1
x2
will
produce
y
=
?
x2 1
x2 + 2x

4. (a) Sketch the graph

x2 + 2x + 4y 2 24y + 33 = 0
.
(b) Find k so that the system has exactly 2 solutions.
(
x2 + 2x + 4y 2 24y + 33 = 0
3x2 + 6x + 2y 2 12y + k = 0
5. Find the equation of a hyperbola centered at the origin where the distance between
the two foci is 8, the length of the latus rectum is 12, and the transverse axis is
paralllel to the x-axis.
x2 y 2
6. Let V1 and V2 be the vertices of the ellipse 2 + 2 = 1, a > b. Prove that there is
a
b
no point P on the ellipse such that V1 P is perpendicular to P V2 .