SOLUTION
From the question, the center of the hyperbola is
a is the distance between the center to vertex, which is -1 or 1, and
c is the distance between the center to foci, which is -2 or 2.
b is given as
But equation of a hyperbola is given as
Substituting the values of a, b, h and k, we have
Hence the answer is
Given:
Point S is translated 5 units to the left and 12 units up to create point S'.
To find:
The distance between the points S and S'.
Solution:
Point S is translated 5 units to the left and 12 units up to create point S'.
The diagram for the given problem is shown below.
From the below figure it is clear that the distance between the point S and S' is the height of a right triangle whose legs are 5 units and 12 units.
By Pythagoras theorem,
Taking square root on both sides.
Therefore, the distance between S and S' is 13 units.
