LastBivin -- LZHS Jeff Updated: October 11, 2005

Hyperbola
The set of all co-planar points whose difference of the distances from two fixed points (foci) are constant.

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Hyperbola

c2 = a2 + b2

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Hyperbola
The set of all co-planar points whose difference of the distances from two fixed points (foci) are constant.

Jeff Bivin -- LZHS

Hyperbola
The set of all co-planar points whose difference of the distances from two fixed points (foci) are constant.

Jeff Bivin -- LZHS

Hyperbola
The set of all co-planar points whose difference of the distances from two fixed points (foci) are constant.

Jeff Bivin -- LZHS

Hyperbola
The set of all co-planar points whose difference of the distances from two fixed points (foci) are constant.

Jeff Bivin -- LZHS

Hyperbola
The set of all co-planar points whose difference of the distances from two fixed points (foci) are constant.

Jeff Bivin -- LZHS

Hyperbola
P (x, y)

F1 (-c, 0)

(0, 0)

(c, 0) F2

PF1 - PF2 = 2a

[(x (c)] ( y o)
2 2

( x c) ( y o) 2a
2 2

( x c) y
2
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( x c) y 2a
2 2

( x c) 2 y 2

( x c) 2 y 2 2a

( x c)

( x c) 2 y 2 2a ( x c) 2 y 2
2

2a
2

( x c) y
2

( x c) 2 y 2 4a 2 4a ( x c) 2 y 2 ( x c) 2 y 2 x 2 2 xc c 2 4a 2 4a ( x c) 2 y 2 x 2 2 xc c 2 4a 2 4 xc 4a ( x c) 2 y 2 4 a 2 xc
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a ( x c) 2 y 2

 a 2 xc

xc

a ( x c) y
2

a ( x c) 2 y 2
2

a 4 2a 2 xc x 2 c 2 a 2 ( x c) 2 y 2

a 4 2a 2 xc x 2 c 2 a 2 x 2 2 xc c 2 y 2

a 4 2a 2 xc x 2c 2 a 2 x 2 2a 2 xc a 2 c 2 a 2 y 2 a 4 x 2c 2 a 2 x 2 a 2c 2 a 2 y 2

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a 4 x 2c 2 a 2 x 2 a 2c 2 a 2 y 2
remember that c 2 a 2 b 2

a 4 x2 a 2 b2 a 2 x2 a 2 a 2 b2 a 2 y 2 a 4 a 2 x 2 b 2 x 2 a 2 x 2 a 4 a 2b 2 a 2 y 2 b 2 x 2 a 2b 2 a 2 y 2 b 2 x 2 a 2 y 2 a 2b 2

a 2b 2
b x a y ab 2 2 2 2 2 2 ab ab ab x2 y2 2 1 2 a b
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2 2

x y 2 1 2 a b
this has a center at (0, 0) if the center is at (h, k )

x h 2
a
2

y k 2
b
2

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