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Inga [223]
3 years ago
15

Find the constant difference for a hyperbola with foci (-3.5, 0) and (3.5, 0) and a point on the hyperbola (3. 5, 24).

Mathematics
1 answer:
Solnce55 [7]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

2a=1

Step-by-step explanation:

The constant difference for a hyperbola \dfrac{x^2}{a^2}-\dfrac{y^2}{b^2}=1 is  2a.

1. Since hyperbola has foci (-3.5, 0) and (3.5, 0), then c=3.5. Note that c=\sqrt{a^2+b^2}, then

\sqrt{a^2+b^2}=3.5\Rightarrow a^2+b^2=3.5^2.

2. Since point (3.5,24) lies on the hyperbola, then

\dfrac{3.5^2}{a^2}-\dfrac{24^2}{b^2}=1.

3. Solve the system of two equations:

\left\{\begin{array}{l}a^2+b^2=3.5^2\\\dfrac{3.5^2}{a^2}-\dfrac{24^2}{b^2}=1\end{array}\right.

From the 1st equation,

b^2=3.5^2-a^2,

then

\dfrac{3.5^2}{a^2}-\dfrac{24^2}{3.5^2-a^2}=1,\\ \\\dfrac{3.5^2(3.5^2-a^2)-24^2a^2}{a^2(3.5^2-a^2)}=1,\\ \\3.5^4-3.5^2a^2-24^2a^2=3.5^2a^2-a^4,\\ \\a^4-a^2(2\cdot 3.5^2+24^2)+3.5^4=0,\\ \\a^4-600.5a^2+150.0625=0,\\ \\D=(-600.5)^2-4\cdot 150.0625=360000,\\ \\a^2_{1,2}=\dfrac{600.5\pm 600}{2}=\dfrac{1}{4},600\dfrac{1}{4}.

For a^2=\dfrac{1}{4},\ b^2=3.5^2-0.25=12.

For a^2=600\dfrac{1}{4},\ b^2=3.5^2-600.25 this is impossible, then a^2=600\dfrac{1}{4} is extra solution.

Hence, a=\dfrac{1}{2} and 2a=1.

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